kǎo​dǎ

torture

拷打 kǎo​dǎ
torture verb
to inflict physical pain or beat someone, often a prisoner, to obtain a confession or information

The enemy subjected him to severe torture, but he never gave in.

Frequency

Movie subtitles
2.95 per million appears in 1% of films
Written text
0.721 per million

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