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枭首示众
xiāo​shǒu​shì​zhòng

to gibbet

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
  1. 枭 梟 xiāo
    to behead
    (literary) to behead a person and display the head on a pole
  2. 首 shǒu nounverb
    head
    (bound form) head; skull
  3. 示 shì verb
    to show
    (bound form) to show; to reveal; to make known; to indicate
  4. 众 眾 zhòng nounadjective
    crowd
    (bound form) a crowd; a multitude; the general public, as in 群众 qún​zhòng or 公众 gōng​zhòng