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掘墓鞭屍

简掘墓鞭尸 · 繁掘墓鞭屍

Mandarin · pinyin jué mù biān shī

to exhume a body for public flogging (idiom)

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掘: jué · dig, excavate; excavate cave
墓: mù · grave, tomb
鞭: biān · whip; whip; string of firecrackers
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尸: shī · corpse; to impersonate the dead; to preside; Kangxi radical 44

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2–4–1–1 · jue2 mu4 bian1 shi1

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gwat6 mou6 bin1 si1

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(idiomatic) to be extremely evil
(idiomatic) to have an extremely deep grudge

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