上断头台

Traditional (Taiwan): 上斷頭台

shàngduàntóutái ㄕㄤˋ ㄉㄨㄢˋ ㄊㄡˊ ㄊㄞˊ

    • to be sentenced to death
    • to face a fatal end

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Saying俗语俗語

Idiom惯用语 · Rarely used now

Literally
go up to the guillotine
Meaning
To be sentenced to death, or face a fatal end.

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