五花大綁
简 五花大绑 · 繁 五花大綁Meanings
- to bind a person's upper body, with arms tied behind the back and rope looped around the neck
- to truss up
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3–1–4–3 · wu3 hua1 da4 bang3
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ng5 faa1 daai6 bong2
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- (In relation to a person) to be tightly bound
- (specifically) a type of restraint by tying a rope on the restrained person's neck, then that person's arms
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