Read Edit View history Discussion 車裂 chēliè to be torn asunder by carts Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 车裂 車裂 chēliè to be torn asunder by carts (historical) a form of capital punishment where a person is torn apart by five horse-drawn carts or horses pulling their head and limbs in different directions; also known as 五马分尸 wǔmǎfēnshī Frequency Written text 0.095 per million Cross-References Same as 五马分尸 wǔmǎfēnshīReferenced by 磔 zhé Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
车裂 車裂 chēliè to be torn asunder by carts (historical) a form of capital punishment where a person is torn apart by five horse-drawn carts or horses pulling their head and limbs in different directions; also known as 五马分尸 wǔmǎfēnshī Frequency Written text 0.095 per million Cross-References Same as 五马分尸 wǔmǎfēnshīReferenced by 磔 zhé Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)