严刑拷打 (嚴刑拷打)
yán xíng kǎo dǎ
Pinyin

Definition

严刑拷打 (嚴刑拷打)
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yán xíng kǎo dǎ
  1. torture
  2. interrogation by torture

Related Words (20)

  1. 1 dozen (loanword)
dǎ kāi
  1. 1 to open
  2. 2 to show (a ticket)
  3. 3 to turn on
  4. 4 to switch on
yī wǎng dǎ jìn
  1. 1 lit. to catch everything in the one net (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to scoop up the whole lot
  3. 3 to capture them all in one go
xíng shì
  1. 1 criminal
  2. 2 penal
xíng jǐng
  1. 1 abbr. for 刑事警察[xíng shì jǐng chá]
  2. 2 criminal police

Idioms (20)

一炮打响
yī pào dǎ xiǎng
  1. 1 to win instant success (idiom)
  2. 2 to start off successfully
一网打尽
yī wǎng dǎ jìn
  1. 1 lit. to catch everything in the one net (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to scoop up the whole lot
  3. 3 to capture them all in one go
三天不打,上房揭瓦
sān tiān bù dǎ , shàng fáng jiē wǎ
  1. 1 three days without a beating, and a child will scale the roof to rip the tiles (idiom)
  2. 2 spare the rod, spoil the child
不打不成器
bù dǎ bù chéng qì
  1. 1 spare the rod and spoil the child (idiom)
不打不成才
bù dǎ bù chéng cái
  1. 1 spare the rod and spoil the child (idiom)