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Open the tool →被赭贯木 (bèi zhě guàn mù) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to be dressed in prisoner's clothes and bound with wooden instruments of punishment; to be imprisoned and shackled”.
被赭贯木 is pronounced bèi zhě guàn mù in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 被赭贯木 means “Wearing prisoner's clothes and wooden restraints”. It is used to mean “to be dressed in prisoner's clothes and bound with wooden instruments of punishment; to be imprisoned and shackled”.
赭:赭衣,古代囚衣;木:指“三木”。加在手足上的刑具。穿囚衣,戴刑具