严刑拷打

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Định nghĩa

1. torture
2. interrogation by torture

Từ cấu thành 严刑拷打

• 严 严 yán: tight (closely sealed)
• 打 打 dá: dozen (loanword)
• 打 打 dǎ: to beat
• 刑 刑 xíng: punishment
• 严刑 严刑 yán xíng: strict law
• 拷 拷 kǎo: to beat
• 拷打 拷打 kǎo dǎ: to beat a prisoner (to obtain confessions)