Read Edit View history Discussion 炮烙 páoluò branding torture Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 炮烙 páoluò branding torture An ancient form of torture by fire or branding with hot iron, originally said to have been used by King Zhou of Shang who forced victims to walk across a heated bronze pillar. Frequency Written text 0.045 per million Cross-References See 商纣王 shāngzhòuwángReferenced by 烙 luò Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
炮烙 páoluò branding torture An ancient form of torture by fire or branding with hot iron, originally said to have been used by King Zhou of Shang who forced victims to walk across a heated bronze pillar. Frequency Written text 0.045 per million Cross-References See 商纣王 shāngzhòuwángReferenced by 烙 luò Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)