yòng​xíng

to apply corporal punishment

  • created sense approved 用刑 · yòng​xíng · to apply corporal punishment — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    用刑

    yòng​xíng

    to apply corporal punishment

    To carry out a legal physical penalty or punishment

    用, 刑

    用 (literal) → 用 · yòng · to use 刑 (literal) → 刑 · xíng · punishment

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense

  • created sense approved 用刑 · yòng​xíng · to torture — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    用刑

    yòng​xíng

    to torture

    To use torture instruments to inflict physical pain, especially to extract a confession

    用, 刑

    用 (literal) → 用 · yòng · to use 刑 (literal) → 刑 · xíng · punishment

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense