lingchi

别名

ling chi leng t'che

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A form of execution used in China from roughly 900 to 1905 C.E., the "death by a thousand cuts", in which the condemned was killed by methodical removal of body parts with a knife.

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词源

Borrowed from Mandarin 凌遲 (língchí).

来源:wiktionary