炮烙 páoluò branding torture Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 炮 páo to roast (literary) to roast meat over an open fire; to wrap meat in mud and roast it烙 luò (bound form) to burn (bound form) used in the word 炮烙 páoluò, referring to an ancient form of torture by burning with a hot iron