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严刑拷打 (嚴刑拷打)
  • [yánxíngkǎodǎ]
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Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

严刑拷打 [yánxíngkǎodǎ]
  1. 1. subject somebody to severe torture; cruelly beat up

Examples

严刑拷打并未使她屈服。
Torture failed to make her submit.
他经受不住严刑拷打,只好在花押上签字认罪。
He couldn't endure the cruel torture, and could do nothing but sign on the mark.
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He doesn't want to talk, but we have to beat the truth out of him.
他不想说,但我们得对他严刑拷打,让他说出真相。
Only torture will bring out the truth.
只有严刑拷打才能使真相大白。

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