掘墓鞭尸
jué mù biān shī
Pinyin

Definition

掘墓鞭尸
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jué mù biān shī
  1. to exhume a body for public flogging (idiom)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

鞭炮
biān pào
  1. 1 firecrackers
  2. 2 string of small firecrackers
  3. 3 CL:枚[méi]
墓
mù
  1. 1 grave
  2. 2 tomb
  3. 3 mausoleum
墓地
mù dì
  1. 1 cemetery
  2. 2 graveyard
坟墓
fén mù
  1. 1 grave
  2. 2 tomb
挖掘
wā jué
  1. 1 to excavate
  2. 2 to dig
  3. 3 to unearth
掘
jué
  1. 1 to dig
发掘
fā jué
  1. 1 to excavate
  2. 2 to explore
  3. 3 (fig.) to unearth
  4. 4 to tap into
盗墓
dào mù
  1. 1 to rob a tomb
鞭
biān
  1. 1 whip or lash
  2. 2 to flog
  3. 3 to whip
  4. 4 conductor's baton
  5. 5 segmented iron weapon (old)
  6. 6 penis (of animal, served as food)
鞭子
biān zi
  1. 1 whip
  2. 2 CL:根[gēn]
鞭策
biān cè
  1. 1 to spur on
  2. 2 to urge on
  3. 3 to encourage sb (e.g. to make progress)
公墓
gōng mù
  1. 1 public cemetery
古墓丽影
Gǔ mù Lì yǐng
  1. 1 Tomb Raider (computer game)
墓园
mù yuán
  1. 1 cemetery
  2. 2 graveyard
墓场
mù chǎng
  1. 1 graveyard
墓碑
mù bēi
  1. 1 gravestone
  2. 2 tombstone
墓穴
mù xué
  1. 1 tomb
  2. 2 grave
墓葬
mù zàng
  1. 1 (archeology) grave
  2. 2 tomb
墓葬群
mù zàng qún
  1. 1 burial complex (archaeology)
墓志
mù zhì
  1. 1 inscribed stone tablet placed in the tomb
  2. 2 memorial inscription on such a tablet

Idioms (8)

吃水不忘掘井人
chī shuǐ bù wàng jué jǐng rén
  1. 1 Drinking the water of a well, one should never forget who dug it. (idiom)
快马加鞭
kuài mǎ jiā biān
  1. 1 to spur the horse to full speed (idiom)
  2. 2 to go as fast as possible
投鞭断流
tóu biān duàn liú
  1. 1 arms enough to stem the stream (idiom); formidable army
掘墓鞭尸
jué mù biān shī
  1. 1 to exhume a body for public flogging (idiom)
罗掘
luó jué
  1. 1 to scrape around for money
  2. 2 hard pressed for cash
  3. 3 cf 羅雀掘鼠|罗雀掘鼠 to net birds and dig for rats (idiom)
罗雀掘鼠
luó què jué shǔ
  1. 1 lit. to net birds and dig for rats (idiom); fig. hard pressed for cash
  2. 2 on the verge of bankruptcy
临渴掘井
lín kě jué jǐng
  1. 1 lit. not to dig a well until one is thirsty
  2. 2 to be unprepared and seek help at the last minute (idiom)
鞭长莫及
biān cháng mò jí
  1. 1 lit. the whip cannot reach (idiom); beyond one's influence
  2. 2 too far to be able to help

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