吊死 (diào sǐ) — to hang (someone) to death (transitive); to die by hanging; to commit suicide by hanging (intransitive)
Definition
吊死 means to kill by hanging (someone else) or to die by hanging (oneself). The raw 'present offerings to the deceased' gloss is a misread of 吊 'to mourn' — the verb here is the homograph meaning 'to suspend/hang'.
verb
to hang (someone) to death (transitive)to die by hangingto commit suicide by hanging (intransitive)
Examples
- 吊死。Gǔ dài yǒu xiē fàn rén bèi diào sǐ zài chéng mén wài.In ancient times, some criminals were hanged outside the city gate.
- 吊死。Tīng shuō tā zài yù zhōng diào sǐ le.It is said he hanged himself in prison.
- 吊死。Zhè ge bào jūn céng xià lìng diào sǐ le xǔ duō wú gū bǎi xìng.This tyrant once ordered many innocent people to be hanged.
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