上刑 shàng xíng — severe punishment

上刑
shàng xíng

Characters: 上 · 刑

Definitions

  1. severe punishment
  2. worst punishment
  3. to torture

More definitions

CC-CEDICT

  1. severe punishment
  2. worst punishment
  3. to torture

zdic(汉典)

  1. 对受审人使用刑具
  2. 重刑

ExtDict

  1. 重刑
  2. 极刑。

Examples

  • 犯人被上刑逼供。

    The convict was put to torture to extract a confession.

  • 强盗被带上刑堂。

    The bandit was brought to the torture hall.