"Torture" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 zhé mó to torment / to torture
 jiān áo to suffer / to torture / to torment / ordeal / suffering / torture / torment
 kù xíng cruelty / torture
 róu cuo to rub / to torment / to torture
 kǎo dǎ to beat a prisoner (to obtain confessions) / to give sb the third degree / to torture
 áo jiān suffering / torture
 shàng xíng severe punishment / worst punishment / to torture
 xíng punishment / penalty / sentence / torture / corporal punishment
 kǔ xíng torture / corporal punishment (traditionally involving mutilation or amputation)
 yán xíng kǎo dǎ torture / interrogation by torture
 róu mo to torment / to torture
 mó zhé to torture / to torment
 kǎo lu:è to torture
 yáng zuì terrible pain / torture / (coll.) pain suffered at the hand of foreigners
 dú xíng torture / cruel corporal punishment
 dà guān strategic pass / barrier or mark (i.e. a level considered impressive, usually a round figure such as 10,000) / instrument of torture used to break limbs
 kǎo wèn to question via torture
 jiā bǎn splint / clamp / vise (as torture instrument)
 xíng xùn interrogation under torture / inquisition
 xíng jù punishment equipment / torture instrument
 diàn xíng to torture sb using electricity / electrocution (capital punishment)
 páo lào the hot pillar (ancient Chinese torture instrument)
 kǎo to beat / to flog / to examine under torture / (computing) to copy (abbr. for 拷貝|拷贝[kao3 bei4])
 dāo jù fǔ yuè knife, saw, ax and hatchet (idiom) / facing torture and execution
 fǔ yuè tāng huò battle-ax and boiling cauldron (idiom) / facing torture and execution
 bèng bā diào kǎo to strip, tie up, hang and beat sb, an ancient torture technique
 qū dǎ chéng zhāo to obtain confessions under torture
 xíng fáng office of punishment / torture chamber (esp. unofficial)
 xíng táng torture chamber
 xíng qiú to extort confession by torture
 xíng rǔ to humiliate and torture / to suffer mutilation and humiliation
 fǎn kù xíng zhé mó gōng yuē UN convention against torture and cruel treatment (ratified by PRC in 1988)
 háng yáng lit. stocks and knives / fig. any punishment equipment / torture instrument
 háng yáng dāo jù lit. stocks and knives / fig. any punishment equipment / torture instrument
 tiào chū huǒ kēng lit. to jump out of a fire pit (idiom) / to escape from a living hell / to free oneself from a life of torture
 kù xíng zhé mó torture and cruel treatment
 fǎn duì kù xíng zhī shēng Voice against Torture
  Public Committee against Torture in Israel
  International Association against Torture
  Inter-American Convention to Prevent and Punish Torture
  SOS Torture / SOS Torture Network
 lián hé guó yuán zhù kù xíng shòu hài zhě zì yuàn jī jīn United Nations Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture / United Nations Fund for Victims of Torture
 lián hé guó kù xíng shòu hài zhě jī jīn United Nations Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture / United Nations Fund for Victims of Torture
  International Centre for the Rehabilitation of Torture Victims
 yī sī tǎn bù ěr yì dìng shū Manual on Effective Investigation and Documentation of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment / Istanbul Protocol
  Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment / Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture
  Guidelines and Measures for the Prohibition and Prevention of Torture, Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment in Africa / Robben Island Guidelines
  Treatment and Rehabilitation Center for Victims of Torture
  Committee against Torture
 sū dān qǔ dì kù xíng zǔ zhī Sudanese Organization against Torture
  World Organization against Torture
  International Seminar on Torture and Human Rights
  non-admissibility of evidence extracted by torture
  Board of Trustees of the United Nations Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture
  Joint Declaration for the United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture
  Action by Christians for the Abolition of Torture
  Association for the Prevention of Torture
  victim of torture
  Association centrafricaine de lutte contre la torture et pour l'abolition de la peine de mort
  United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture / International Day in Support of Victims of Torture
  Rehabilitation and Research Centre for Torture Victims
  Asian Conference on Rehabilitation of Torture Victims
 dāo jù dǐng huò knife, saw and cauldron / ancient instruments of torture / fig. torture
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