鞭bin1屍si1

English

1. to flog a corpse
2. to whip the corpse; to humiliate the dead person who is hated by others; to ridicule members of an online forum who have left; to ridicule those whose prediction or rumours turns out to be untrue by digging out their old posts to repost on an online forum
3. to desecrate the remains of a deceased person ----
4. (fig.) to bring up sb's past failures or embarrassing moments long after the event has passed
5. to reiterate somebody's comments or speeches made a long time ago and criticize or or make fun of them

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 喺人死咗之後，鞭打佢嘅屍體，有時更加會特登掘開個墳墓嚟鞭；表示對死者極大嘅侮辱同憎恨，要佢死咗都不得安寧
2. 將某個人以前講過或者做過嘅嘢舊事重提，以達到恥笑人推測錯誤，或者批評佢前後矛盾、一時一樣嘅效果

Examples

• 南韓每當內政出現問題，就會拎返啲仇日歷史出嚟鞭屍，去轉移視線。

  In South Korea, when there are serious problems in internal affairs, politicians will raise the discussion of the ancient Japanese invasion issues to divert attention.