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xé xác

Pronunciation Northern /sɛ˧˥ saːk˧˥/ Central /sɛ̰˩˧ sa̰ːk˩˧/ Southern /sɛ˧˥ saːk˧˥/
Listen
draw and quarter
Verb
draw and quarter

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Meaning
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Sense 1 Verb
draw and quarter Core ActionsTheme

A cruel ancient punishment involving the dismemberment of a human body into several parts.

vi Thời xưa, kẻ phạm tội phản nghịch có thể bị xé xác giữa pháp trường.

en In ancient times, traitors could be drawn and quartered at the execution ground.

Parts
xé / xác / A compound of xé + xác …
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OriginA compound of xé + xác

Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
熾確
Candidates by syllable
xé 熾(𢹊) xác 確(殼 / 慤 / 𠳗 / 𩩬)
Bold marks a representative candidate assembled from per-syllable character mappings. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. It is not necessarily a source-aligned spelling for the whole word.
Similar
xé / xé toạc / mặc xác / độ chính xác …
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Use
giằng xé / cần xé / cấu xé / cắn xé …
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