粵

五ng5馬maa5分fan1屍si1

simp五马分尸
ng5 maa5 fan1 si1wǔ mǎ fēn shī

English

  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
  2. dismemberment, as a person's head and limbs are attached to five horses and being tore off
  3. Dismemberment by horses

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 古代酷刑嘅一種,將受刑者嘅頭同四肢分別綁喺五架馬車上面,當啲馬向前行嘅時候,就會撕裂受刑者嘅身體

Examples

  • 五馬分屍係古代中國執行死刑嘅一種方法。

    Dismemberment was a method of capital punishment in ancient China.

Sources: cc-canto, cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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