掘墓鞭尸

Traditional: 掘墓鞭屍

jué mù biān shī

Dictionary entry

to exhume a body for public flogging (idiom)

What does 掘墓鞭尸 mean?

掘墓鞭尸 (jué mù biān shī) has the following dictionary meaning.

1to exhume a body for public flogging (idiom)

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掘juéto dig 墓mùgrave · tomb 鞭biānwhip or lash · to flog 尸shī(literary) person representing the deceased (during burial ceremonies) · (literary) to put a corpse on display (after execution)

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掘墓鞭尸

jué mù biān shī

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