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Open the tool →释缚焚榇 (shì fù fén chèn) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to release a surrendered person and burn their coffin”.
释缚焚榇 is pronounced shì fù fén chèn in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 释缚焚榇 means “Untie and burn the coffin”. It is used to mean “to release a surrendered person and burn their coffin”.
指解开降者的捆绑,烧悼降者带来的棺材。是使降者安心的一种表示。