be cut by knife and boiled in a cauldron(dāo jù dǐng huò)

be cut by knife and boiled in a cauldron

Ding wok Dao saw, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is d ǐ nghu ò D ā OJ ù, which means ancient instruments of torture; it also refers to all kinds of torture. From the annals of criminal law of the Han Dynasty.

Idiom explanation

Knife and saw: Ancient instruments of torture, also referred to cutting and cutting; Ding wok: ancient cooking utensils, also referred to cooking.

The origin of Idioms

In the annals of criminal law of the Han Dynasty, it is said that "the first type of soldiers are used for major punishment, followed by axes and axes, the second type of knives and saws are used for medium punishment, and the second type of drills and chisels are used."

Idiom usage

As a subject or object; of torture. "Li Lu Zhu Liu Shu sun chuanzan in the book of Han Dynasty:" Lisheng hid himself in the prison, waiting for the Lord and then going out, you can't help it. " If a minister's words are false, he will be punished. Pu Songling's Liao Zhai Zhi Yi Xu Huang Liang in the Qing Dynasty and Luo Da Jing's He Lin Yu Lu in the Song Dynasty (Volume 4): "if you really know that your husband's advance and retreat is not enough to make me tired, you can see it as a bed and a meal." I don't think it's strange to sit in peace and be cut off by it. It's very strange. The study of benevolence by Tan Sitong in Qing Dynasty

Chinese PinYin : dāo jù dǐng huò