大刑 (dà) — severe punishment, torture (esp. in historical Chinese legal contexts); torture instruments
Definition
Historical/literary term for severe corporal punishments or the instruments used to inflict them. Common in classical and legal-historical texts, not modern usage.
noun
severe punishmenttorture (esp. in historical Chinese legal contexts)torture instruments
Examples
- 大刑。Gǔ dài fǎ lǜ zhōng yǒu hěn duō cán kù de dà.There were many cruel severe punishments in ancient laws.
- 大刑。Zhè ge gù shi lǐ tí dào le jǐ zhǒng bù tóng de dà.This story mentions several different types of severe punishment.
- 大刑。Xiàn dài de sī fǎ zhì dù yǐ jīng fèi chú le dà.The modern judicial system has abolished severe punishments.
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