龙头铡
Traditional form:
龍頭鍘
Pinyin (reading):
lóngtóuzhá
Definitions:
- lever-style guillotine decorated with a dragon's head at the hinged end, used to behead criminals related to the emperor
Characters:
- 龙 - dragon; symbol of the emperor
- 头 - head; chief, boss; first, top
- 铡 - a sickle used to cut grass or hay
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