严刑拷打
Traditional form:
嚴刑拷打
Pinyin (reading):
yánxíngkǎodǎ
Definitions:
- torture
- interrogation by torture
Characters:
- 严 - strict, rigorous, rigid; stern
- 刑 - punishment, penalty; law
- 拷 - to torture, to interrogate; to beat, to flog
- 打 - to attack, to beat, to hit, to strike
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