千刀万剐
Traditional form:
千刀萬剮
Pinyin (reading):
qiāndāowànguǎ
Definitions:
- to hack (sb) to pieces (punishment in former times)
Characters:
- 千 - thousand; many, numerous; very
- 刀 - knife; old coin; measure
- 万 - ten thousand; innumerable
- 剐 - to cut; to sever flesh from bone
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