| 釋義 |
梟首示眾xiāo shǒu shì zhòngcut off sb'S bead and display it as a warning
? 雷太守聽見拿獲了賊頭和馮君瑞，亦甚是歡喜，即請出王命、尚方劍，將別莊燕同馮君瑞～，其余苗子都?xì)⒘耍吡吮咀噙M(jìn)京去。(《儒林外史》506)Prefect Lei was delighted too that the rebel chief and Feng Junrui had been captured.After saluting the emperor,he brought out the imperial decree and the imperial sword,had the rebels’heads cut off to display to the public andthe other tribesmen killed.This done,he-sent a report to the capital. 梟首示眾xiao shou shi zhongcut off sb.’s head and hang it up as a warning to all 梟首示眾xiāo shǒu shì zhònɡ過去的一種酷刑，把犯人的頭顱砍下來并高高掛起，讓大家都能看到，以警戒他人。cut off one’s head and hang it up as a warning to at all, cut off sb.’s head and display to the public, display a criminal’s head |