Senses
凌迟/ 凌遲 death by a thousand cuts
(literary) an ancient form of capital punishment involving slow execution by cutting off pieces of the body; lingering death
凌迟/ 凌遲 to decline
to deteriorate; to fall into decadence or decay; to go from bad to worse
凌迟/ 凌遲 to mistreat
(archaic) to bully or treat someone with extreme cruelty