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斧钺汤镬

fǔ yuè tāng huò

4-character word Traditional 斧鉞湯鑊

What 斧钺汤镬 means

1. battle-ax and boiling cauldron (idiom); facing torture and execution

The characters in 斧钺汤镬

• 斧fǔhatchet
• 钺yuèbattle-ax
• 汤tāngsoup; hot or boiling water; decoction of medicinal herbs
• 镬huòwok (dialect); cauldron (old)

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