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枭首示众xiāo shǒu shì zhòngcut off sb'S bead and display it as a warning
❍ 雷太守听见拿获了贼头和冯君瑞，亦甚是欢喜，即请出王命、尚方剑，将别庄燕同冯君瑞～，其余苗子都杀了，具了本奏进京去。(《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. 枭首示众xiao shou shi zhongcut off sb.’s head and hang it up as a warning to all 枭首示众xiāo shǒu shì zhònɡ过去的一种酷刑，把犯人的头颅砍下来并高高挂起，让大家都能看到，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 |