"Torment" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 折磨 | zhé mó | to torment / to torture |   |
| 煎熬 | jiān áo | to suffer / to torture / to torment / ordeal / suffering / torture / torment | |
| 磨难 | mó nàn | a torment / a trial / tribulation / a cross (to bear) / well-tried | |
| 揉搓 | róu cuo | to rub / to torment / to torture | |
| 揉磨 | róu mo | to torment / to torture | |
| 磨折 | mó zhé | to torture / to torment | |
| 施虐 | shī nu:è | to torment / to abuse (an animal, child etc) | |
| 磋磨 | cuō mó | to polish and rub / (fig.) to torment / to torture / (fig.) to engage in discussion to hone an idea or skill | |
| 折腾 | zhē teng | to toss from side to side (e.g. sleeplessly) / to repeat sth over and over again / to torment sb / to play crazy / to squander (time, money) | |
| 半死 | bàn sǐ | half dead (of torment, hunger, tiredness etc) / (tired) to death / (terrified) out of one's wits / (beaten) to within an inch of one's life / (knock) the daylights out of sb | |
| 含辛茹苦 | hán xīn rú kǔ | to suffer every possible torment (idiom) / bitter hardship / to bear one's cross | |
| 荼毒生灵 | tú dú shēng líng | to torment the people (idiom) | |
