"五馬分屍" meaning in Chinese

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Phrase

IPA: /u²¹⁴⁻³⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ fən⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /ŋ̍¹³ maː¹³ fɐn⁵⁵ siː⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /u²¹⁴⁻³⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ fən⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/, /ŋ̍¹³ maː¹³ fɐn⁵⁵ siː⁵⁵/ Chinese transliterations: wǔmǎfēnshī [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄨˇ ㄇㄚˇ ㄈㄣ ㄕ [Mandarin, bopomofo], ng⁵ maa⁵ fan¹ si¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], wǔmǎfēnshī [Phonetic:wúmǎfēnshī] [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], wǔmǎfenshih [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], wu³-ma³-fên¹-shih¹ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], wǔ-mǎ-fēn-shr̄ [Mandarin, Yale], wuumaafenshy [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], умафэньши [Mandarin, Palladius], umafɛnʹši [Mandarin, Palladius], ńgh máh fān sī [Cantonese, Yale], ng⁵ maa⁵ fan¹ si¹ [Cantonese, Pinyin], ng⁵ ma⁵ fen¹ xi¹ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization]
Head templates: {{head|zh|idiom}} 五馬分屍
  1. (historical) to dismember a body by having five horses pull the limbs and head Tags: historical, idiomatic
    Sense id: en-五馬分屍-zh-phrase-4AsFiYfA
  2. (figurative) to sentence someone capital punishment; to execute Tags: figuratively, idiomatic Categories (topical): Capital punishment
    Sense id: en-五馬分屍-zh-phrase-j29ZwlO1 Disambiguation of Capital punishment: 4 95 1 Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 6 91 3
  3. (figurative) to split something up into small fragments Tags: figuratively, idiomatic
    Sense id: en-五馬分屍-zh-phrase-vbUpWrvn

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        "bopomofo"
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      "zh-pron": "ㄨˇ ㄇㄚˇ ㄈㄣ ㄕ"
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      "zh-pron": "wǔ-mǎ-fēn-shr̄"
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      "zh-pron": "wuumaafenshy"
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      "zh-pron": "умафэньши"
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      "zh-pron": "umafɛnʹši"
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      "zh-pron": "ng⁵ maa⁵ fan¹ si¹"
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      "zh-pron": "ng⁵ ma⁵ fen¹ xi¹"
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        "Wade-Giles"
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      "zh-pron": "wu³-ma³-fên¹-shih¹"
    },
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        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
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      "zh-pron": "wǔ-mǎ-fēn-shr̄"
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      "ipa": "/u²¹⁴⁻³⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ fən⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/",
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