严刑拷打

yán xíng kǎo dǎ

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Definitions

  1. 1. torture
  2. 2. interrogation by torture

Child Words of 严刑拷打

严
yán

tight (closely sealed)

打
dá

dozen (loanword)

打
dǎ

to beat

刑
xíng

punishment

严刑
yán xíng

strict law

拷
kǎo

to beat

拷打
kǎo dǎ

to beat a prisoner (to obtain confessions)