"Torture" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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折磨 zhé mó to torment / to torture
煎熬 jiān áo to suffer / to torture / to torment / ordeal / suffering / torture / torment
酷刑 kù xíng cruelty / torture
揉搓 róu cuo to rub / to torment / to torture
拷打 kǎo dǎ to beat a prisoner (to obtain confessions) / to give sb the third degree / to torture
熬煎 áo jiān suffering / torture
上刑 shàng xíng severe punishment / worst punishment / to torture
刑 xíng punishment / penalty / sentence / torture / corporal punishment
苦刑 kǔ xíng torture / corporal punishment (traditionally involving mutilation or amputation)
严刑拷打 yán xíng kǎo dǎ torture / interrogation by torture
揉磨 róu mo to torment / to torture
磨折 mó zhé to torture / to torment
拷掠 kǎo lu:è to torture
洋罪 yáng zuì terrible pain / torture / (coll.) pain suffered at the hands of foreigners
毒刑 dú xíng torture / cruel corporal punishment
磋磨 cuō mó to polish and rub / (fig.) to torment / to torture / (fig.) to engage in discussion to hone an idea or skill
大关 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
拷问 kǎo wèn to question via torture
刑讯 xíng xùn interrogation under torture / inquisition
刑具 xíng jù punishment equipment / torture instrument
电刑 diàn xíng to torture sb using electricity / electrocution (capital punishment)
炮烙 páo lào the hot pillar (ancient Chinese torture instrument)
拷 kǎo to beat / to flog / to examine under torture / (computing) to copy (abbr. for 拷貝|拷贝[kao3 bei4])
刀锯斧钺 dāo jù fǔ yuè knife, saw, ax and hatchet (idiom) / facing torture and execution
斧钺汤镬 fǔ yuè tāng huò battle-ax and boiling cauldron (idiom) / facing torture and execution
绷扒吊拷 bèng bā diào kǎo to strip, tie up, hang and beat sb, an ancient torture technique
屈打成招 qū dǎ chéng zhāo to obtain confessions under torture
刑房 xíng fáng office of punishment / torture chamber (esp. unofficial)
刑堂 xíng táng torture chamber
刑求 xíng qiú to extort confession by torture
刑辱 xíng rǔ to humiliate by torture
反酷刑折磨公约 fǎn kù xíng zhé mó gōng yuē UN convention against torture and cruel treatment (ratified by PRC in 1988)
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
跳出火坑 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
酷刑折磨 kù xíng zhé mó torture and cruel treatment
反对酷刑之声 fǎn duì kù xíng zhī shēng Voice against Torture
反对以色列境内的酷刑公共委员会  Public Committee against Torture in Israel
国际反对酷刑协会  International Association against Torture
美洲防止和惩处酷刑公约  Inter-American Convention to Prevent and Punish Torture
反酷刑协会  SOS Torture / SOS Torture Network
联合国援助酷刑受害者自愿基金 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
联合国酷刑受害者基金 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
国际酷刑受害者康复中心  International Centre for the Rehabilitation of Torture Victims
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
酷刑受害者治疗和康复中心  Treatment and Rehabilitation Center for Victims of Torture
禁止酷刑委员会  Committee against Torture
苏丹取缔酷刑组织 sū dān qǔ dì kù xíng zǔ zhī Sudanese Organization against Torture
世界禁止酷刑组织  World Organization against Torture
国际酷刑和人权讨论会  International Seminar on Torture and Human Rights
酷刑逼供取得的证据不得采信  non-admissibility of evidence extracted by torture
援助酷刑受害者联合国自愿基金董事会  Board of Trustees of the United Nations Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture
联合国支持酷刑受害者国际日联合宣言  Joint Declaration for the United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture
基督徒废除酷刑行动  Action by Christians for the Abolition of Torture
防止酷刑协会  Association for the Prevention of Torture
酷刑受害人  victim of torture
中非反对酷刑废除死刑协会  Association centrafricaine de lutte contre la torture et pour l'abolition de la peine de mort
联合国支持酷刑受害者国际日  United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture / International Day in Support of Victims of Torture
酷刑受害人康复和研究中心  Rehabilitation and Research Centre for Torture Victims
酷刑受害者康复问题亚洲会议  Asian Conference on Rehabilitation of Torture Victims
刀锯鼎镬 dāo jù dǐng huò knife, saw and cauldron / ancient instruments of torture / fig. torture
炮烙 páo luò form of torture said to have been used by King Zhou of Shang 商紂王|商纣王[Shang1 Zhou4 Wang2] in which the victim was forced onto a bronze pillar heated by a fire
绷扒吊拷 bēng bā diào kǎo to strip, tie up, hang and beat sb, an ancient torture technique
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