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掘墓鞭尸

jué mù biān shīdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
to exhume a body for public flogging (idiom)
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-1416216c23ff5f15. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

掘墓鞭屍 掘墓鞭尸 [jue2 mu4 bian1 shi1] /to exhume a body for public flogging (idiom)/

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Other forms in these source records: 掘墓鞭屍

  • 掘
    jué

    to dig

  • 墓
    mù

    grave / tomb / mausoleum

  • 鞭
    biān

    whip or lash / to flog / to whip / conductor's baton / segmented iron weapon (old) / penis (of animal, served as food)

  • 尸
    shī

    (literary) person representing the deceased (during burial ceremonies) / (literary) to put a corpse on display (after execution) / (bound form) corpse

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