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分尸

fēn shī

2-character word Traditional 分屍

What 分尸 means

1. to dismember a corpse

The characters in 分尸

• 分fēnto divide; to separate; to distribute; to allocate; to distinguish (good and bad)
• 尸shī(literary) person representing the deceased (during burial ceremonies)…

Words containing 分尸

• 五马分尸wǔ mǎ fēn shī(idiom) to tear off sb's four limbs and head using five horse-drawn carts…

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