Meaning of 腰斩
腰斩 means to cut in half at the waist (ancient capital punishment); to discontinue prematurely; to cut off in the middle; to cancel halfway. Pronounced yāo zhǎn.
- to cut in half at the waist (ancient capital punishment)
- to discontinue prematurely; to cut off in the middle; to cancel halfway
Definitions & Examples
Qín秦
cháo朝
de的
chéng丞
xiàng相
Lǐ李
Sī斯
zuì最
zhōng终
bèi被
pàn判
chǔ处
yāo腰
zhǎn斩
。
Li Si, the Prime Minister of the Qin Dynasty, was eventually sentenced to be cut in half at the waist.
Yāo腰
zhǎn斩
shì是
yī一
zhǒng种
bǐ比
zhǎn斩
shǒu首
gèng更
wéi为
cán残
kù酷
de的
sǐ死
xíng刑
。
Waist-cutting was a more cruel form of death penalty than beheading.
Gǔ古
dài代
de的
yāo腰
zhǎn斩
tōng通
cháng常
shǐ使
yòng用
jù巨
dà大
de的
fǔ斧
tóu头
huò或
zhá铡
dāo刀
zhí执
xíng行
。
In ancient times, waist-cutting was usually carried out using huge axes or guillotines.