剖腹自杀 meaning in Chinese
lay open the bowel and commit suicide; hara-kiri
Examples
- It is the dagger sent by the mikado to her father with order to commit harakiri .
那是一把天皇赐给他父亲命他剖腹自杀的短剑。 - When japan surrendered at the end of world war ii , a few japanese committed the happy dispatch
第二次世界大战结束日本投降时,有几个日本人剖腹自杀。 - As to those princes , they cried out aloud , thumping their chests and stamping their feet . some even cut their noses and ears with knives . some laid open the bowel and committed suicide , deciding to follow the buddha
至于西域各国王子,听到大佛去世,有的放声嚎哭捶胸顿足呼天嚎地有的用刀割鼻割耳,有的剖腹自杀,决心紧跟老佛爷一同归天,表现了对佛的一片虔诚之情。