victim (of a criminal) / party involved (in a dispute etc) / main instigator
被害者
bèi hài zhě
victim (of a wounding or murder)
苦主
kǔ zhǔ
(old) the family of the victim in a murder case / (Tw, HK) victim (of a crime, misfortune etc) / (Tw) (coll.) person who bears the burden while others benefit;
victim of an accident / casualty / martyr for one's country
垫背
diàn bèi
to serve as a sacrificial victim / to suffer for sb else / scapegoat / to share sb's fate
殉难
xùn nàn
to sacrifice oneself in a just cause / a victim of a disaster
聪明反被聪明误
cōng míng fǎn bèi cōng míng wù
(idiom) a clever person may become the victim of his own ingenuity / cleverness may overreach itself / too smart for one's own good
受难者
shòu nàn zhě
sufferer / a victim of a calamity / a person in distress
老虎凳
lǎo hǔ dèng
tiger bench (torture method in which the victim sits with legs extended horizontally along a bench, upper legs held down with straps while bricks are inserted under the feet, forcing the knee joint to bend in reverse)
(Tw) (slang) a prank, prevalent in Chinese schools and known as "happy corner" in Hong Kong, in which several people carry a victim with his legs spread open, bringing his groin up against a pole or tree trunk
Standing Committee on Victim Assistance and Socio-Economic Reintegration
碰瓷
pèng cí
(coll.) to scam sb by setting up an "accident" in which one appears to have sustained damage or injury caused by the scam victim, then demanding compensation (variations include putting "expensive" porcelain in a place where it is likely to be knocked over by passers-by, and stepping into the path of a slow-moving car)
反污
fǎn wū
to accuse the victim (while being the guilty party)
杀猪盘
shā zhū pán
pig butchering scam (where the scammer builds trust with the victim over time, "fattening them up," before ultimately "slaughtering" them by taking their money) / (esp.) romance scam
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