绑赴市曹

Mandarin

Etymology

Literally: tie up and take to the market place (where public executions were carried out)

Idiom

绑赴市曹 (simplified, Pinyin bǎng fù shìcáo, traditional 綁赴市曹)

1. (archaic) to carry out a public execution in a city center (as a warning to others)

References

• "绑赴市曹" (in Mandarin), Guoyu Cidian On-line Mandarin Dictionary (國語辭典). URL accessed on 2008-12-27.

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