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梟首

简枭首 · 繁梟首

Mandarin · pinyin xiāo shǒu

to behead

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首: shǒu · head; first; leader, chief; a poem; Kangxi radical 185
枭: xiāo · an owl ; ill-omen

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1–3 · xiao1 shou3

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

hiu1 sau2

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verb

(literary or historical) to decapitate and display the head in public as a deterrent

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