千刀万剐 — Chinese idiom
千刀万剐
qiān dāo wàn guǎ
Traditional: 千刀萬剮
Meaning
- to hack (sb) to pieces (punishment in former times)
Character by character
- 千qiānthousand; many, numerous; very
- 刀dāoknife; old coin; measure
- 万wànten thousand; innumerable
- 剐guǎto cut; to sever flesh from bone
Idioms sharing a character
- 一刻千金 yī kè qiān jīn
- 一字千金 yī zì qiān jīn
- 一掷千金 yī zhì qiān jīn
- 一日千里 yī rì qiān lǐ
- 一落千丈 yī luò qiān zhàng
- 一言千金 yī yán qiān jīn
- 一诺千金 yī nuò qiān jīn
- 千依百顺 qiān yī bǎi shùn
- 千千万万 qiān qiān wàn wàn
- 千古罪人 qiān gǔ zuì rén
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