桁楊刀鋸 háng yáng dāo jù

torture instrument; fig. any punishment equipment

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. torture instrument
  2. 2. fig. any punishment equipment
  3. 3. lit. stocks and knives

Characters

Character Meaning
桁 háng
cangue (stocks to punish criminals)
楊 yáng
surname Yang; poplar
刀 dāo HSK 4
knife; blade; classifier for knife cuts or stabs
鋸 jù
a saw; to cut with a saw; variant of 鋦jū