车裂 Traditional form: 車裂 Pinyin (reading): chēliè Definitions: to tear off sb's four limbs and head using five horse-drawn carts (historical form of capital punishment) Characters: 车 - cart, vehicle; to move in a cart 裂 - to split, to rend; crevice, crack Traditional characters: 車 - cart, vehicle; to move in a cart 裂 - to split, to rend; crevice, crack