expose a cut-off head to public view as a warning to

expose a cut-off head to public view as a warning to

In Chinese, the Pinyin is Xi ā OSH ǒ ush ì zhॸng, which means beheading in public. From the ancient and modern novels, one of Wang Xin died to save his family.

The origin of Idioms

In Feng Menglong's ancient and modern novels, Wang Xin died to save the whole family: "Wang gezhao's law should be put to death, but he still shows himself to the public, and will not wait for the time."

Discrimination of words

To behead in public

Examples

So the next day, he was tied up outside the new railway station. Lu Xun's reservation