Word information
Simplified枭首示众
Traditional梟首示眾
Pinyinxiāo shǒu shì zhòng
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Chinese word dictionary
枭首示众
xiāo shǒu shì zhòng · to behead sb and display the head in public
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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guānzhòngspectators; audience; visitors (to an exhibition etc)
首shǒuhead; chief; first (occasion, thing etc); classifier for poems, songs etc
首都shǒudūcapital (city); CL:個|个[ge4]
首先shǒuxiānfirst (of all); in the first place
听众tīngzhòngaudience; listeners