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Vietnamese
Etymology
Partial calque of Chinese 五馬分屍 / 五马分尸 (ngũ mã phân thi), but with the substitution of phân (分) with the etymologically unrelated phanh through phono-semantic matching.
Pronunciation
Noun
ngũ mã phanh thây • (五馬烹屍)
- (historical) dismemberment with five horses
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