绞刑架 (jiǎ) — gallows (execution device for hanging)

Definição

The scaffold used to carry out hanging as a death penalty. A historical or museum object, not a modern device — the word 架 ('frame/rack') signals it is a structure, not the act or rope.

noun
gallows (execution device for hanging)
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Exemplos

  • 绞刑架
    Zài gǔ dài, fàn rén bèi dài dào jiǎ shàng zhí xíng jiǎo xíng.
    In ancient times, criminals were brought to the gallows to be hanged.
  • 绞刑架
    Zhè zuò bó wù guǎn lǐ chén liè zhe yí zuò gǔ lǎo de jiǎ.
    This museum displays an ancient gallows.
  • 绞刑架
    Nà ge bào jūn xià lìng zài guǎng chǎng shàng jiàn zào le yí zuò jiǎ.
    That tyrant ordered the construction of a gallows in the square.
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