身首異處

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Chinese

body; torso; person
body; torso; person; life; status; pregnancy; (a measure word used for clothes) suit
 
head; chief; first (occasion)
head; chief; first (occasion); first (thing); measure word for poems
 
different; unusual; strange
a place; location; spot
a place; location; spot; point; office; department; bureau; respect; to reside; to live; to dwell; to be in; to stay; get along with; to be in a position of; deal with
 
trad. (身首異處)
simp. (身首异处)
Literally: “to have the head and body in different places”.

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身首異處

  1. to be decapitated; to be beheaded