Read Edit View history 五马分尸 wǔmǎfēnshī to tear limb from limb Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 五马分尸 五馬分屍 wǔmǎfēnshī to tear limb from limb Ancient form of execution where a person is tied to five horses and torn apart; to draw and quarter to pull apart To break a complete thing into many small pieces or fragments; to divide up or split goods or property greedily. to execute To be put to death or punished with extreme severity Frequency Written text 0.173 per million Cross-References Same as 车裂 chēliè Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
五马分尸 五馬分屍 wǔmǎfēnshī to tear limb from limb Ancient form of execution where a person is tied to five horses and torn apart; to draw and quarter to pull apart To break a complete thing into many small pieces or fragments; to divide up or split goods or property greedily. to execute To be put to death or punished with extreme severity Frequency Written text 0.173 per million Cross-References Same as 车裂 chēliè Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)