| 五马分尸 |
wǔ mǎ fēn shī |
(idiom) to tear off sb's four limbs and head using five horse-drawn carts (historical form of capital punishment); (fig.) to tear apart; to utterly destroy; to brutally dismember |
| 五 |
wǔ |
five / 5 |
| 马 |
Mǎ |
surname Ma / abbr. for Malaysia 马来西亚 |
| 马 |
mǎ |
horse / CL:匹 / horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess / knight in Western chess |
| 分 |
fēn |
to divide; to separate / to distribute; to allocate / to distinguish (good and bad) / (bound form) branch of (an organization); sub- (as in 分局) / fraction / one tenth (of certain units) / unit of length equivalent to 0.33 cm / minute (unit of time) / minute (angular measurement unit) / a point (in sports or games) / 0.01 yuan (unit of money) |
| 分 |
fèn |
part / share / ingredient / component |
| 分尸 |
fēn shī |
to dismember a corpse |
| 尸 |
shī |
(literary) person representing the deceased (during burial ceremonies) / (literary) to put a corpse on display (after execution) / variant of 尸 |
| 尸 |
shī |
(bound form) corpse |