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刖

Mandarin · pinyin yuè

to amputate one or both feet (punishment in imperial China) (one of the five mutilating punishments 五刑 wǔ xíng)

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刖: yuè · cutting off feet as form of punishment

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(historical) to cut off one or both feet as a form of punishment, one of the 五刑 (wǔxíng, “Five Punishments”)

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