刑具 (xíng jù) — instruments of punishment or torture (e.g., manacles, whips, racks, gallows)

Definição

Exemplos

• 博物馆里展示了许多古代的刑具。
  Bó wù guǎn lǐ zhǎn shì le xǔ duō gǔ dài de xíng jù.
  Many ancient instruments of punishment are displayed in the museum.
• 这些刑具是当时用来惩罚犯人的。
  Zhè xiē xíng jù shì dāng shí yòng lái chéng fá fàn rén de.
  These torture instruments were used to punish prisoners in those days.
• 历史书上描述过各种残酷的刑具。
  Lì shǐ shū shàng miáo shù guò gè zhǒng cán kù de xíng jù.
  History books describe various cruel instruments of punishment.