身首異處
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Chinese[edit]
body; torso; person body; torso; person; life; status; pregnancy; (a measure word used for clothes) suit |
head; chief; first (occasion) head; chief; first (occasion); first (thing); measure word for poems |
different; unusual; strange | a place; location; spot a place; location; spot; point; office; department; bureau; respect; to reside; to live; to dwell; to be in; to stay; get along with; to be in a position of; deal with | ||
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trad. (身首異處) | 身 | 首 | 異 | 處 | |
simp. (身首异处) | 身 | 首 | 异 | 处 | |
Literally: “to have the head and body in different places”. |
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
身首異處
- to be decapitated; to be beheaded