劓はなきり

noun

cutting off the nose (ancient Chinese punishment)

Archaic term for a specific mutilating punishment in ancient China, one of the 五刑 (Five Punishments). Used only in historical or scholarly contexts.

See also: 五刑

• 劓はなきは古代りはこだい中ちゅう国ごくの五ご刑けいの一ひとつで、鼻はなを切きり落おとす刑けい罰ばつである。

  劓 was one of the Five Punishments in ancient China, a penalty of cutting off the nose.