zǎn xíng

拶刑 (zǎn xíng) is a Chinese word meaning “squeezing the fingers between sticks (old form of torture)”.

Meanings

  1. 1squeezing the fingers between sticks (old form of torture)

Characters in 拶刑

拶zā · (literary) to force; to coerce刑xíng · punishment

Related words

死刑death penalty; capital punishment刑事criminal; penal服刑to serve a prison sentence刑punishment刑surname Xing刑警criminal police (abbr. for 刑事警察[xing2 shi4 jing3 cha2])刑期prison term行刑to carry out a (death) sentence缓刑suspended sentence判刑to sentence (to prison etc)酷刑cruelty; torture减刑to reduce penalty

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