掛路燈

See also: 挂路灯

Chinese

		to hang; to put up; to suspend	streetlight; streetlamp; road light
trad. (掛路燈)		掛	路燈
simp. (挂路灯)		挂	路灯

Etymology

Literally "to hang on the streetlamp", from the history of using lamp posts as an instrument of lynching during the French Revolution, perhaps a calque of English to the lamppost or French À la lanterne! (“To the Lamp Post!”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guàlùdēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄚˋ ㄌㄨˋ ㄉㄥ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guàlùdēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄚˋ ㄌㄨˋ ㄉㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guàlùdeng
    • Wade–Giles: kua⁴-lu⁴-têng¹
    • Yale: gwà-lù-dēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guahluhdeng
    • Palladius: гуалудэн (gualudɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ä⁵¹⁻⁵³ lu⁵¹ tɤŋ⁵⁵/

Verb

掛路燈

1. to lynch, especially lynching of the rich by the poor

Synonyms

• 吊路燈／吊路灯

See also

• 掛燈／挂灯 (guàdēng)