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严刑拷打

yán xíng kǎo dǎdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
torture / interrogation by torture
Sources & editorial notes

Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-78d4cc381231bd1c. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

嚴刑拷打 严刑拷打 [yan2 xing2 kao3 da3] /torture/interrogation by torture/

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Other forms in these source records: 嚴刑拷打

  • 严
    yán

    tight (closely sealed) / stern / strict / rigorous / severe / father

    Yán

    surname Yan

  • 刑
    xíng

    punishment / penalty / sentence / torture / corporal punishment

    Xíng

    surname Xing

  • 拷
    kǎo

    to beat / to flog / to examine under torture / (computing) to copy (abbr. for 拷貝|拷贝[kǎo bèi])

  • 打
    dá

    (loanword) dozen / Taiwan pr. [dǎ]

    dǎ

    to hit / to strike / to fight / (in many expressions) a semantically light transitive verb used with various objects to form expressions with a wide range of meanings, e.g. 打傘|打伞[dǎ sǎn] "to hold an umbrella", 打電話|打电话[dǎ diàn huà] "to make a phone call", 打針|打针[dǎ zhēn] "to get an injection" / (coll.) from / since

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.