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 惩罚 懲罰 chéng fá penalty / punishment / to punish syn 科 kē 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] 死刑 sǐ xíng death penalty / capital punishment syn 赦免 shè miǎn to pardon / to absolve / to exempt from punishment syn 赎罪 贖罪 shú zuì to atone for one's crime / to buy freedom from punishment / redemption / atonement 制裁 zhì cái to punish / punishment / sanctions (incl. economic) syn 害人 hài rén to harm sb / to inflict suffering / to victimize / pernicious 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 板子 bǎn zi board / plank / bamboo or birch for corporal punishment syn 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 严刑 嚴刑 yán xíng strict law / cruel punishment / to carry out cruel law rigorously syn 重创 重創 zhòng chuāng to inflict heavy losses / to inflict serious damage syn 袒护 袒護 tǎn hù to shield (a miscreant) from punishment, criticism etc / to take sb's side syn 刑罚 刑罰 xíng fá sentence / penalty / punishment syn 畏罪 wèi zuì to dread punishment / afraid of being arrested for a crime syn 刑具 xíng jù punishment equipment / torture instrument syn 殊死 shū sǐ to behead / capital punishment / desperate struggle / life-and-death syn 体罚 體罰 tǐ fá corporal punishment / to inflict physical punishment on (sb) 大败 大敗 dà bài to defeat / to inflict a defeat on sb syn 减免 減免 jiǎn miǎn to reduce or waive (taxes, punishment, rent, tuition etc) 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 凌迟 凌遲 líng chí the lingering death / the death of a thousand cuts (old form of capital punishment) syn 皮开肉绽 皮開肉綻 pí kāi ròu zhàn flesh lacerated from corporal punishment (idiom) syn 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 赏罚 賞罰 shǎng fá reward and punishment syn 充军 充軍 chōng jūn to banish (to an army post, as a punishment) 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 灭族 滅族 miè zú extermination of an entire family (ancient Chinese 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 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] 宫 宮 gōng palace / temple / castration (as corporal punishment) / first note in pentatonic scale syn 楚 chǔ distinct / clear / orderly / pain / suffering / deciduous bush used in Chinese medicine (genus Vitex) / punishment cane (old) 刑 xíng punishment / penalty / sentence / torture / corporal punishment syn 墨 mò ink stick / China ink / CL:塊|块[kuai4] / corporal punishment consisting of tattooing characters on the victim's forehead syn 斩 斬 zhǎn to behead (as form of capital punishment) / to chop syn 电刑 電刑 diàn xíng to torture sb using electricity / electrocution (capital punishment) 剐 剮 guǎ cut off the flesh as punishment syn 烹 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 上刑 shàng xíng severe punishment / worst punishment / to torture syn 宫刑 宮刑 gōng xíng castration (archaic punishment) 髌 髕 bìn kneecapping / to cut or smash the kneecaps as corporal punishment syn 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 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 髡 kūn scalping / to make the head bald (as corporal punishment) 刖 yuè to amputate one or both feet (punishment in imperial China) (one of the five mutilating punishments 五刑[wu3 xing2]) 磔 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 害人不浅 害人不淺 hài rén bù qiǎn to cause a lot of trouble / to inflict much suffering 刑房 xíng fáng office of punishment / torture chamber (esp. unofficial) 苦刑 kǔ xíng torture / corporal punishment (traditionally involving mutilation or amputation) 轘 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 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 放血 fàng xiě (TCM) to practice bloodletting / (medicine) to perform phlebotomy / (coll.) to make sb bleed / to inflict grievous wounds / (fig.) to cough up a large amount of money / (fig.) to reduce prices drastically 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 刵 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) 剕 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 