xià​yóu​guō

to be fried in oil

  • created sense approved 下油锅/下油鍋 · xià​yóu​guō · to be fried in oil — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    下油锅 / 下油鍋

    xià​yóu​guō

    to be fried in oil

    A torture in the underworld where a person is fried in a pot of oil, according to legend; used to curse others or imply a terrible death for their misdeeds.

    下, 油锅

    下 (literal) → 下 · xià · to put in 油锅 (literal) → 油锅/油鍋 · yóu​guō · oil cauldron

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense