碎尸

碎屍
suìshī
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 dismembered body
  2. 2 to dismember a corpse

Examples

HSK 7-9
Jǐngfāng zài jiāowài fāxiàn le yī jù suìshī.
Police discovered a dismembered body in the suburbs.
HSK 7-9
Ànjiàn yīnwèi suìshī shǒufǎ cánrěn ér zhènjīng quánguó.
The case shocked the entire country because of the brutal dismemberment.

Tips

usage
Crime-news terminology. Functions as both a noun ("a dismembered body") and a verb ("to dismember a corpse"). The old idiom 碎尸万段 ("cut the body into ten thousand pieces") is a hyperbolic curse meaning "I want to tear them apart".

Stroke Order

suì
shī