枭首示众
xiāo​shǒu​shì​zhòng

to gibbet

  • created sense approved 枭首示众/梟首示眾 · xiāo​shǒu​shì​zhòng · to gibbet — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    枭首示众 / 梟首示眾

    xiāo​shǒu​shì​zhòng

    to gibbet

    to behead someone and display the severed head in public as a warning to others

    枭 (literal) → 枭/梟 · xiāo · to behead 首 (literal) → 首 · shǒu · head 示 (literal) → 示 · shì · to show 众 (literal) → 众/眾 · zhòng · crowd

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

    created sense