灌铅 (guànqiān): to weight something with lead

Meanings

1 to weight something with lead
2 to load (e.g. dice)
3 (historical) to pour molten lead into the mouth as a punishment

Characters

灌

Examples

他用的骰子被人灌了铅。

Tā yòng de tóuzi bèi rén guàn le qiān.

The dice he was using had been loaded with lead.

鱼竿底部灌铅可以增加抛投距离。

Yúgān bùdù guànqiān kěyǐ zēngjiā pāotóu jùlí.

Adding lead to the base of a fishing rod increases casting distance.

Tips

history

灌铅 has a grim historical sense: pouring molten lead down the throat was a recorded execution method in imperial China for treason or counterfeiting. In modern use the word is far more often about cheating with weighted dice or balancing fishing tackle.