To be beaten or tormented severely, to the point of near-death; to experience intense physical agony and suffering, feeling as if one has died and come back to life.
他被这突如其来的打击震得一佛出世，二佛涅槃，好久才缓过神来。
He was struck by the sudden blow so severely that he felt as if he had died and come back to life, and it took him a long time to recover.
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Ancient
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The hero Song Jiang from Mount Liang went to Xunyang Tower in Jiangzhou to drink. Under the influence of alcohol, he wrote a ci poem titled "Xijiangyue" on the wall and signed his name.
However, the treacherous official Huang Wenbing reported this to Prefect Cai Jiu, framing it as a rebellious poem.
Cai Jiu immediately sent men to arrest Song Jiang. They beat him so severely that he felt like he had died and come back to life (一佛出世，二佛涅槃), his skin was torn, flesh lacerated, and he was profusely bleeding, before finally throwing him into prison.
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