to whip; to lash; to flog; to thrash

whip or lash; to flog; to whip; conductor's baton; segmented iron weapon (old); penis (of animal, served as food)

firecrackers; string of small firecrackers; CL:枚[mei2]

caning (corporal punishment)

to flog a corpse; (fig.) to bring up sb's past failures or embarrassing moments long after the event has passed