wǔ mǎ fēn shī

Traditional: 五馬分屍

五马分尸 (wǔ mǎ fēn shī) is a Chinese word meaning “(idiom) to tear off sb's four limbs and head using five horse-drawn carts (historical form of capital punishment); (fig.) to tear apart; to utterly destroy; to brutally dismember”.

Meanings

  1. 1(idiom) to tear off sb's four limbs and head using five horse-drawn carts (historical form of capital punishment); (fig.) to tear apart; to utterly destroy; to brutally dismember

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