斬立決
zhǎn​lì​jué

summary decapitation

  • created sense approved 斩立决/斬立決 · zhǎn​lì​jué · summary decapitation — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    斩立决 / 斬立決

    zhǎn​lì​jué

    summary decapitation

    to be beheaded immediately; a historical legal sentence for immediate execution by decapitation without waiting for the annual review

    斩 (literal) → 斩/斬 · zhǎn · to behead 立决 (literal) → 立决/立決 · lì​jué · to execute summarily

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

    created sense