kǎo dǎ

拷打 (kǎo dǎ) is a Chinese word meaning “to beat a prisoner (to obtain confessions); to give sb the third degree; to torture”.

Meanings

  1. 1to beat a prisoner (to obtain confessions)
  2. 2to give sb the third degree
  3. 3to torture

Characters in 拷打

拷kǎo · to beat打dá · (loanword) dozen

Related words

打(loanword) dozen打a semantically light, transitive verb that is combined with various grammatical objects to form compound verbs and verb-object phrases with a diverse range of meanings (e.g. 打傘|打伞[da3 san3] "to hold an umbrella", 打電話|打电话[da3 dian4 hua4] "to make a phone call", 打針|打针[da3 zhen1] "to get an injection", 打手套[da3 shou3 tao4] "to knit gloves", 打氣|打气[da3 qi4] "to inflate")打电话to make a telephone call打算to plan打开to open打扰to disturb打赌to bet打败to defeat打架to fight打击to hit打扮to decorate打断to interrupt

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