掘墓鞭尸 (掘墓鞭屍)
jué mù biān shī
Pinyin

Definition

掘墓鞭尸 (掘墓鞭屍)
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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 classifier: 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

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)