Chinese word dictionary

枭首示众

xiāo shǒu shì zhòng · to behead sb and display the head in public

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Word information

Simplified枭首示众

Traditional梟首示眾

Pinyinxiāo shǒu shì zhòng

Part of speechDictionary

HSK 3.0Not listed

HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

枭xiāo

owl; evil; brave

首shǒu

chief, head, leader

示shì

altar; ceremony; to show, to demonstrate

众zhòng

multitude, crowd; masses, public

How to learn 枭首示众

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Words with the same characters

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表示biǎoshì

(of sb) to express; to state; to show; (of sth) to indicate; to signify; to show; expression; manifestation

观众guānzhòng

spectators; audience; visitors (to an exhibition etc)

首都shǒudū

capital (city); CL:個|个[ge4]

首先shǒuxiān

first (of all); in the first place

听众tīngzhòng

audience; listeners

大众dàzhòng

Volkswagen (automobile manufacturer); the masses; the great bulk of the population; popular (of music, science etc)