phanh thây

Học thuật
Thân thiện
Definition
  1. Verb:
    • To quarter: A historical method of execution involving tearing a person's body apart, typically by tying each limb to a different horse or elephant and driving them in opposite directions.
    • To tear limb from limb: Used figuratively or as a severe curse to express extreme anger or a desire to violently destroy someone.
Usage Examples
  • Verb:
    • Hình phạt phanh thây bị coi là man rợ thời trung cổ. (The punishment of quartering was considered barbaric in medieval times.)
    • Hắn thề sẽ phanh thây kẻ phản bội. (He swore he would tear the traitor limb from limb.)
Advanced Usage
  • The term is almost exclusively used in historical contexts or as a potent, hyperbolic curse in modern Vietnamese. It conveys extreme violence and vengeance.
Variants and Related Words
  • Phanh xác (v): A synonym meaning to tear the body apart; to dismember.
Synonyms
  • To dismember: To cut or tear the limbs from a body.
  • To tear apart: To pull something violently into pieces.
  • To quarter: Specifically, to divide a body into four parts.
Related Idioms
  • Thề phanh thây: To swear an oath of extreme vengeance.
    • Kẻ thù giết cha nó, nó thề phanh thây chúng. (The enemy killed his father; he swore to tear them limb from limb.)
verb
  1. to quarter
noun
  1. brake. phanh tay hand brake