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guillotine; block with a heavy knife blade sliding vertically in grooves, used for beheading during the late 18th-century French Revolution

duàn tóu tái

断 头 台

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n.metaguillotine; block with a heavy knife blade sliding vertically in grooves, used for beheading during the late 18th-century French Revolution
- shàng duàn tóu tái
  上断头台
  go to the scaffold
- duàn tóu tái de fā míng qià hǎo shì hé zhè zhǒng qì fēn
  断头台的发明恰好适合这种气氛。
  The invention of the guillotine was opportune to this mood.
- nián yuè tā bèi sòng shàng duàn tóu tái
  1793年1月，她被送上断头台。
  She was sent to the guillotine in January 1793.

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