"punishment" Chinese-English Dictionary

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branch of study / administrative section / division / field / branch / stage directions / family (taxonomy) / rules / laws / to mete out (punishment) / to levy (taxes etc) / to fine sb / CL:個|个[ge4]
接受 jiē shòu to accept (a suggestion, punishment, bribe etc) / to acquiesce syn
受到 shòu dào to receive (praise, an education, punishment etc) / to be ...ed (praised, educated, punished etc) syn
加重 jiā zhòng to make heavier / to emphasize / (of an illness etc) to become more serious / to aggravate (a bad situation) / to increase (a burden, punishment etc) syn
死刑 sǐ xíng death penalty / capital punishment syn
减免 減免 jiǎn miǎn to reduce or waive (taxes, punishment, rent, tuition etc)
免受 miǎn shòu to avoid suffering / to prevent (sth bad) / to protect against (damage) / immunity (from prosecution) / freedom (from pain, damage etc) / exempt from punishment syn
板子 bǎn zi board / plank / bamboo or birch for corporal punishment syn
赎罪 贖罪 shú zuì to atone for one's crime / to buy freedom from punishment / redemption / atonement
体罚 體罰 tǐ fá corporal punishment / to inflict physical punishment on (sb)
殊死 shū sǐ to behead / capital punishment / desperate struggle / life-and-death syn
赦免 shè miǎn to pardon / to absolve / to exempt from punishment syn
严刑 嚴刑 yán xíng strict law / cruel punishment / to carry out cruel law rigorously syn
凌迟 凌遲 líng chí the lingering death / the death of a thousand cuts (old form of capital punishment) syn
灭族 滅族 miè zú extermination of an entire family (ancient Chinese punishment) syn
袒护 袒護 tǎn hù to shield (a miscreant) from punishment, criticism etc / to take sb's side syn
赏罚 賞罰 shǎng fá reward and punishment syn
腰斩 腰斬 yāo zhǎn to chop sb in half at the waist (capital punishment) / to cut sth in half / to reduce sth by a dramatic margin / to terminate / to cut short
法律制裁 fǎ lǜ zhì cái legal sanction / prescribed punishment / punishable by law
刑具 xíng jù punishment equipment / torture instrument syn
畏罪 wèi zuì to dread punishment / afraid of being arrested for a crime syn
充军 充軍 chōng jūn to banish (to an army post, as a punishment) syn
皮开肉绽 皮開肉綻 pí kāi ròu zhàn flesh lacerated from corporal punishment (idiom) syn
甘之如饴 甘之如飴 gān zhī rú yí lit. as sweet as syrup (idiom, from Book of Songs) / to endure hardship gladly / a glutton for punishment syn
死有余辜 死有餘辜 sǐ yǒu yú gū (idiom) to be so evil that even death would be insufficient punishment syn
罪与罚 罪與罰 zuì yǔ fá Crime and Punishment by Dostoyevsky 陀思妥耶夫斯基[Tuo2 si1 tuo3 ye1 fu1 si1 ji1]
负荆请罪 負荊請罪 fù jīng qǐng zuì lit. to bring a bramble and ask for punishment (idiom) / fig. to offer sb a humble apology syn
宫刑 宮刑 gōng xíng castration (archaic punishment)
刑名 xíng míng xing-ming, a school of thought of the Warring States period associated with Shen Buhai 申不害[Shen1 Bu4hai4] / the designation for a punishment syn
电刑 電刑 diàn xíng to torture sb using electricity / electrocution (capital punishment)
五刑 wǔ xíng imperial five punishments of feudal China, up to Han times: tattooing characters on the forehead 墨[mo4], cutting off the nose 劓[yi4], amputation of one or both feet 刖[yue4], castration 宮|宫[gong1], execution 大辟[da4 pi4] / Han dynasty onwards: whipping 笞[chi1], beating the legs and buttocks with rough thorns 杖[zhang4], forced labor 徒[tu2], exile or banishment 流[liu2], capital punishment 死[si3]
肉刑 ròu xíng corporal punishment (such as castration or amputation)
车裂 車裂 chē liè to tear off sb's four limbs and head using five horse-drawn carts (historical form of capital punishment) syn
上刑 shàng xíng severe punishment / worst punishment / to torture syn
chǔ distinct / clear / orderly / pain / suffering / deciduous bush used in Chinese medicine (genus Vitex) / punishment cane (old)
gōng palace / temple / castration (as corporal punishment) / first note in pentatonic scale syn
ink stick / China ink / CL:塊|块[kuai4] / corporal punishment consisting of tattooing characters on the victim's forehead syn
zhǎn to behead (as form of capital punishment) / to chop syn
pēng to boil / to brew (tea) / to cook by briefly stir-frying and then mixing in sauce / (old) to boil to death (judicial punishment in ancient times) syn
kūn scalping / to make the head bald (as corporal punishment)
guǎ cut off the flesh as punishment syn
yuè to amputate one or both feet (punishment in imperial China) (one of the five mutilating punishments 五刑[wu3 xing2])
zhé old term for the right-falling stroke in Chinese characters (e.g. the last stroke of 大[da4]), now called 捺[na4] / sound made by birds (onom.) / (literary) to dismember (form of punishment) / to spread syn
bìn kneecapping / to cut or smash the kneecaps as corporal punishment syn
huàn to tear between chariots (as punishment)
咎有应得 咎有應得 jiù yǒu yīng dé (idiom) (literary) to deserve what one gets (punishment, mishap etc)
罪有应得 罪有應得 zuì yǒu yīng dé guilty and deserves to be punished (idiom) / entirely appropriate chastisement / the punishment fits the crime
刑房 xíng fáng office of punishment / torture chamber (esp. unofficial)
苦刑 kǔ xíng torture / corporal punishment (traditionally involving mutilation or amputation)
天诛 天誅 tiān zhū heavenly punishment / king's punishment
罚不当罪 罰不當罪 fá bù dāng zuì disproportionate punishment / the punishment is harsher than the crime
不为已甚 不為已甚 bù wéi yǐ shèn refrain from going to extremes in meting out punishment / not be too hard on subject syn
èr cutting off the ears as punishment
杀鸡给猴看 殺雞給猴看 shā jī gěi hóu kàn lit. to kill a chicken in front of a monkey / fig. to make an example of sb (by punishment) to frighten others
刑戮 xíng lù (literary) corporal punishment or execution
刑舂 xíng chōng to be forced to grind grain as a punishment (old)
fèi amputation of limbs as corporal punishment / variant of 腓, calf
受刑人 shòu xíng rén person being executed / victim of corporal punishment / person serving a sentence
墨刑 mò xíng corporal punishment consisting of carving and inking characters on the victim's forehead
强迫劳动 強迫勞動 qiǎng pò láo dòng forced labor (as punishment in criminal case)
拿办 拿辦 ná bàn to arrest for punishment
揪送 jiū sòng to seize and send (to court, to face punishment)
族诛 族誅 zú zhū to execute all of sb's relatives (as punishment) (old)
杖刑 zhàng xíng beating with wooden staves (as corporal punishment)
枷带锁抓 枷帶鎖抓 jiā dài suǒ zhuā in stocks / in fetter for punishment
桁杨 桁楊 háng yáng lit. stocks and knives / fig. any punishment equipment / torture instrument
桁杨刀锯 桁楊刀鋸 háng yáng dāo jù lit. stocks and knives / fig. any punishment equipment / torture instrument
沉潭 chén tán to sink sb to the bottom of a pond (a kind of private punishment, especially for unfaithful wives)
流刑 liú xíng exile (as form of punishment)
畏罪自杀 畏罪自殺 wèi zuì zì shā to commit suicide to escape punishment
笞刑 chī xíng whipping with bamboo strips (as corporal punishment)
罚站 罰站 fá zhàn to be made to stand still as a punishment
腐刑 fǔ xíng castration (a form of punishment during the Han period)
膑刑 臏刑 bìn xíng removal of the kneecaps (punishment)
蠲免 juān miǎn to let sb off (punishment, taxation etc) / to reprieve sb
认罚 認罰 rèn fá to accept punishment
追比 zhuī bǐ to flog / to cane (as punishment)
重判 zhòng pàn major punishment (law)
开除党籍,行政开除 開除黨籍,行政開除 kāi chú dǎng jí , xíng zhèng kāi chú double expulsion (from the party and from the administrative post, as a punishment for corruption) / abbr. to 雙開|双开
陀思妥也夫斯基 tuó sī tuǒ yě fū sī jī Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky (1821-1881), great Russian novelist, author of Crime and Punishment 罪與罰|罪与罚[Zui4 yu3 Fa2] / also written 陀思妥耶夫斯基[Tuo2 si1 tuo3 ye1 fu1 si1 ji1]
陀思妥耶夫斯基 tuó sī tuǒ yē fū sī jī Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky (1821-1881), great Russian novelist, author of Crime and Punishment 罪與罰|罪与罚[Zui4 yu3 Fa2]
领罪 領罪 lǐng zuì to confess one's fault / to accept one's punishment
体刑 體刑 tǐ xíng corporal punishment
畏罪潜逃 畏罪潛逃 wèi zuì qián táo to flee to escape punishment / to abscond from justice
罪刑 zuì xíng crime and punishment / penalty for a crime
贝伦杜帕拉公约 Inter-American Convention on the Prevention, Punishment, and Eradication of Violence against Women / Convention of Belém do Pará
毒品与惩处 Drugs and Punishment
控诉和惩处欧洲轴心国主要战犯的协定 London Agreement Concerning Prosecution and Punishment of Major War Criminals of European Axis
防止和惩治恐怖主义公约 Convention for the Prevention and Punishment of Terrorism
伊斯坦布尔议定书 伊斯坦布爾議定書 yī sī tǎn bù ěr yì dìng shū Manual on Effective Investigation and Documentation of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment / Istanbul Protocol
防范小组委员会 防範小組委員會 Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment / Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture
罗本岛指导方针 羅本島指導方針 Guidelines and Measures for the Prohibition and Prevention of Torture, Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment in Africa / Robben Island Guidelines
国际死刑文献目录 國際死刑文獻目錄 guó jì sǐ xíng wén xiàn mù lù International Bibliography on Capital Punishment
禁止并惩治种族隔离罪行国际公约 禁止並懲治種族隔離罪行國際公約 International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid
防止及惩治灭绝种族罪公约 防止及懲治滅絕種族罪公約 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide
关于死刑的问卷 關於死刑的問卷 Questionnaire on Capital Punishment
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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