身首异处 — Chinese idiom
身首异处
shēn shǒu yì chù
Traditional: 身首異處
Meaning
- to be decapitated
Character by character
- 身shēnbody, torso; person; pregnancy
- 首shǒuchief, head, leader
- 异yìdifferent, strange, unusual; foreign; surprising
- 处chùto reside at, to live in; place, locale; departmen
Idioms sharing a character
- 一身是胆 yī shēn shì dǎn
- 以身作则 yǐ shēn zuò zé
- 以身报国 yǐ shēn bào guó
- 以身许国 yǐ shēn xǔ guó
- 以身试法 yǐ shēn shì fǎ
- 全身而退 quán shēn ér tuì
- 分身乏术 fēn shēn fá shù
- 大显身手 dà xiǎn shēn shǒu
- 奋不顾身 fèn bù gù shēn
- 孤身只影 gū shēn zhī yǐng
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