镬烹
huò​pēng

to cook a criminal in a cauldron

  • created reference approved 镬烹/鑊烹 → 镬亨/鑊亨 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    镬烹 / 鑊烹 huò​pēng

    镬亨 / 鑊亨 huò​pēng

    variant

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 镬烹/鑊烹 · huò​pēng · to cook a criminal in a cauldron — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    镬烹 / 鑊烹

    huò​pēng

    to cook a criminal in a cauldron

    An ancient form of execution or torture involving boiling the offender in a large vat or cauldron.

    镬 (literal) → 镬/鑊 · huò · cauldron 烹 (literal) → 烹 · pēng · to boil to death

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

    created sense