五馬分屍
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Chinese
| five | horse; surname | to cut a corpse into pieces; to split or dismember a corpse | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (五馬分屍) | 五 | 馬 | 分屍 | |
| simp. (五马分尸) | 五 | 马 | 分尸 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: wǔmǎfēnshī
- Zhuyin: ㄨˇ ㄇㄚˇ ㄈㄣ ㄕ
- Tongyong Pinyin: wǔmǎfenshih
- Wade–Giles: wu3-ma3-fên1-shih1
- Yale: wǔ-mǎ-fēn-shr̄
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuumaafenshy
- Palladius: умафэньши (umafɛnʹši)
- Sinological IPA (key): /u²¹⁴⁻³⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ fən⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: ng5 maa5 fan1 si1
- Yale: ńgh máh fān sī
- Cantonese Pinyin: ng5 maa5 fan1 si1
- Guangdong Romanization: ng5 ma5 fen1 xi1
- Sinological IPA (key): /ŋ̍¹³ maː¹³ fɐn⁵⁵ siː⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
五馬分屍
- (historical) to dismember a body by having five horses pull the limbs and head
- (figurative) to sentence someone capital punishment; to execute
- (figurative) to split something up into small fragments