斩首示众
zhǎn​shǒu​shì​zhòng

to behead and display the head

  • created sense approved 斩首示众/斬首示眾 · zhǎn​shǒu​shì​zhòng · to behead and display the head — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    斩首示众 / 斬首示眾

    zhǎn​shǒu​shì​zhòng

    to behead and display the head

    to behead a criminal and exhibit the head to the public as a warning

    斩首 (literal) → 斩首/斬首 · zhǎn​shǒu · to behead 示众 (literal) → 示众/示眾 · shì​zhòng · to publicly expose

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

    created sense