弃市
qì​shì

public execution

  • created sense approved 弃市/棄市 · qì​shì · public execution — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    弃市 / 棄市

    qì​shì

    public execution

    (literary) to carry out a public execution; a historical form of capital punishment where the criminal was executed in a market and the body was left on display; to be sentenced to death

    弃, 市

    弃 (literal) → 弃/棄 · qì · to abandon 市 (literal) → 市 · shì · market

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