千刀万剐

to make mincemeat of sb / to hack sb to pieces (used while cursing)

to hack (sb) to pieces (punishment in former times)

thousand

see 鞦韆|秋千[qiu1 qian1]

knife / blade / single-edged sword / cutlass / CL:把[ba3] / (slang) dollar (loanword) / classifier for sets of one hundred sheets (of paper) / classifier for knife cuts or stabs

used in 万俟[Mo4 qi2]

surname Wan

ten thousand / a great number

cut off the flesh as punishment