反酷刑折磨公约
Traditional form:
反酷刑折磨公約
Pinyin (reading):
fǎnkùxíngzhémógōngyuē
Definitions:
- UN convention against torture and cruel treatment (ratified by PRC in 1988)
Characters:
- 反 - reverse, opposite; contrary, anti-
- 酷 - strong, stimulating; ruthless, intense
- 刑 - punishment, penalty; law
- 折 - to break, to snap; to fold, to bend; to bow; humble
- 磨 - millstone; to grind, to polish, to rub, to wear out
- 公 - fair, equitable; public; duke
- 约 - treaty, covenant, agreement
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