"Punishment" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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惩罚 chéng fá penalty / punishment / to punish
制裁 zhì cái to punish / punishment / sanctions (incl. economic)
刑罚 xíng fá sentence / penalty / punishment
刑 xíng punishment / penalty / sentence / torture / corporal punishment
处理 chǔ lǐ to handle / to treat / to deal with / to process / to deal with a criminal case / to mete out punishment / to offer for sale at a reduced price / to punish
受到 shòu dào to receive (praise, an education, punishment etc) / to be ...ed (praised, educated, punished etc)
加重 jiā zhòng to make heavier / to emphasize / (of an illness etc) to become more serious / to aggravate (a bad situation) / to increase (a burden, punishment etc)
死刑 sǐ xíng death penalty / capital punishment
减免 jiǎn miǎn to reduce or waive (taxes, punishment, rent, tuition etc)
免受 miǎn shòu to avoid suffering / to prevent (sth bad) / to protect against (damage) / immunity (from prosecution) / freedom (from pain, damage etc) / exempt from punishment
板子 bǎn zi board / plank / bamboo or birch for corporal punishment
赎罪 shú zuì to atone for one's crime / to buy freedom from punishment / redemption / atonement
体罚 tǐ fá corporal punishment
殊死 shū sǐ to behead / capital punishment / desperate struggle / life-and-death
量刑 liàng xíng to assess punishment / to determine the sentence (on a criminal)
赦免 shè miǎn to pardon / to absolve / to exempt from punishment
严刑 yán xíng strict law / cruel punishment / to carry out cruel law rigorously
袒护 tǎn hù to shield (a miscreant) from punishment, criticism etc / to take sb's side
赏罚 shǎng fá reward and punishment
法律制裁 fǎ lu:4 zhì cái legal sanction / prescribed punishment / punishable by law
刑具 xíng jù punishment equipment / torture instrument
畏罪 wèi zuì to dread punishment / afraid of being arrested for a crime
皮开肉绽 pí kāi ròu zhàn flesh lacerated from corporal punishment (idiom)
甘之如饴 gān zhī rú yí lit. as sweet as syrup (idiom, from Book of Songs) / to endure hardship gladly / a glutton for punishment
罪与罚 Zuì yǔ Fá Crime and Punishment by Dostoyevsky 陀思妥耶夫斯基[Tuo2 si1 tuo3 ye1 fu1 si1 ji1]
负荆请罪 fù jīng qǐng zuì lit. to bring a bramble and ask for punishment (idiom) / fig. to offer sb a humble apology
刑名 xíng míng xing-ming, a school of thought of the Warring States period associated with Shen Buhai 申不害[Shen1 Bu4 hai4] / the designation for a punishment
五刑 wǔ xíng imperial five punishments of feudal China, up to Han times: tattooing characters on the forehead 墨[mo4], cutting off the nose 劓[yi4], amputation of one or both feet 刖[yue4], castration 宮|宫[gong1], execution 大辟[da4 pi4] / Han dynasty onwards: whipping 笞[chi1], beating the legs and buttocks with rough thorns 杖[zhang4], forced labor 徒[tu2], exile or banishment 流[liu2], capital punishment 死[si3]
肉刑 ròu xíng corporal punishment (such as castration or amputation)
上刑 shàng xíng severe punishment / worst punishment / to torture
楚 chǔ distinct / clear / orderly / pain / suffering / deciduous bush used in Chinese medicine (genus Vitex) / punishment cane (old)
墨 mò ink stick / China ink / CL:塊|块[kuai4] / corporal punishment consisting of tattooing characters on the victim's forehead
烹 pēng cooking method / to boil sb alive (capital punishment in imperial China)
剐 guǎ cut off the flesh as punishment
髌 bìn kneecapping / to cut or smash the kneecaps as corporal punishment
罪有应得 zuì yǒu yīng dé guilty and deserves to be punished (idiom) / entirely appropriate chastisement / the punishment fits the crime
刑房 xíng fáng office of punishment / torture chamber (esp. unofficial)
苦刑 kǔ xíng torture / corporal punishment (traditionally involving mutilation or amputation)
不为已甚 bù wéi yǐ shèn refrain from going to extremes in meting out punishment / not be too hard on subject
刵 èr cutting off the ears as punishment
刑戮 xíng lù (literary) corporal punishment or execution
刑舂 xíng chōng to be forced to grind grain as a punishment (old)
剕 fèi amputation of limbs as corporal punishment / variant of 腓, calf
受刑人 shòu xíng rén person being executed / victim of corporal punishment / person serving a sentence
墨刑 mò xíng corporal punishment consisting of carving and inking characters on the victim's forehead
天诛 tiān zhū heavenly punishment / king's punishment
强迫劳动 qiǎng pò láo dòng forced labor (as punishment in criminal case)
拿办 ná bàn to arrest for punishment
替罪 tì zuì to cancel out a crime / to receive punishment as a scapegoat
枷带锁抓 jiā dài suǒ zhuā in stocks / in fetter for punishment
桁杨 háng yáng lit. stocks and knives / fig. any punishment equipment / torture instrument
桁杨刀锯 háng yáng dāo jù lit. stocks and knives / fig. any punishment equipment / torture instrument
沉潭 chén tán to sink sb to the bottom of a pond (a kind of private punishment, especially for unfaithful wives)
畏罪自杀 wèi zuì zì shā to commit suicide to escape punishment
罚站 fá zhàn to be made to stand still as a punishment
腐刑 fǔ xíng castration (a form of punishment during the Han period)
认罚 rèn fá to accept punishment
重判 zhòng pàn major punishment (law)
开除党籍，行政开除 kāi chú dǎng jí , xíng zhèng kāi chú double expulsion (from the party and from the administrative post, as a punishment for corruption) / abbr. to 雙開|双开
陀思妥也夫斯基 Tuó sī tuǒ yě fū sī jī Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky (1821-1881), great Russian novelist, author of Crime and Punishment 罪與罰|罪与罚[Zui4 yu3 Fa2] / also written 陀思妥耶夫斯基[Tuo2 si1 tuo3 ye1 fu1 si1 ji1]
陀思妥耶夫斯基 Tuó sī tuǒ yē fū sī jī Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky (1821-1881), great Russian novelist, author of Crime and Punishment 罪與罰|罪与罚[Zui4 yu3 Fa2]
领罪 lǐng zuì to confess one's fault / to accept one's punishment
体刑 tǐ xíng corporal punishment
畏罪潜逃 wèi zuì qián táo to flee to escape punishment / to abscond from justice
罪刑 zuì xíng crime and punishment / penalty for a crime
贝伦杜帕拉公约  Inter-American Convention on the Prevention, Punishment, and Eradication of Violence against Women / Convention of Belém do Pará
毒品与惩处  Drugs and Punishment
控诉和惩处欧洲轴心国主要战犯的协定  London Agreement Concerning Prosecution and Punishment of Major War Criminals of European Axis
防止和惩治恐怖主义公约  Convention for the Prevention and Punishment of Terrorism
伊斯坦布尔议定书 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
防范小组委员会  Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment / Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture
罗本岛指导方针  Guidelines and Measures for the Prohibition and Prevention of Torture, Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment in Africa / Robben Island Guidelines
国际死刑文献目录 guó jì sǐ xíng wén xiàn mù lù International Bibliography on Capital Punishment
禁止并惩治种族隔离罪行国际公约  International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid
防止及惩治灭绝种族罪公约  Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide
关于死刑的问卷  Questionnaire on Capital Punishment
滥刑 làn xíng indiscriminate punishment
投壶 tóu hú ancient banquet game of throwing arrows into a pot, the winner determined by the number of arrows thrown in, and the loser required to drink as punishment
收容教育 shōu róng jiào yù custody and reeducation (administrative punishment for prostitutes)
出罪 chū zuì (law) to exempt from punishment
罚不当罪 fá bù dāng zuì disproportionate punishment / the punishment is harsher than the crime
罚写 fá xiě to make a student write sth out many times, as a punishment / writing lines
毒刑 dú xíng torture / cruel corporal punishment
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