车裂 chē liè

ancient death by tearing body with carts

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. to tear off a person's four limbs and head using five horse drawn carts (as capital punishment)
  2. 2. to tear limb from limb

Characters

Character Meaning
车 chē HSK 1
vehicle; car; machine
裂 liè HSK 6
to split; to crack; to break open