折磨 zhé mó to torment / to torture syn 马桶 馬桶 mǎ tǒng chamber pot / wooden pan used as toilet / toilet bowl syn 煎熬 jiān áo to suffer / to torture / to torment / ordeal / suffering / torture / torment syn 密室 mì shì a room for keeping sth hidden / secret room / hidden chamber 参议院 參議院 cān yì yuàn senate / upper chamber (of legislative assembly) 马子 馬子 mǎ zi bandit / brigand / gambling chip / chamber pot / (slang) girl / chick / babe syn 拷问 拷問 kǎo wèn to question via torture syn 拷打 kǎo dǎ to beat a prisoner (to obtain confessions) / to give sb the third degree / to torture syn 受难 受難 shòu nàn to suffer a calamity / to suffer (e.g. under torture) / distress 酷刑 kù xíng cruelty / torture syn 商会 商會 shāng huì chamber of commerce 刑讯 刑訊 xíng xùn interrogation under torture / inquisition syn 闺房 閨房 guī fáng lady's chamber / boudoir / harem syn 众议院 眾議院 zhòng yì yuàn lower house of bicameral assembly / House of Representatives (USA) / Chamber of Deputies 新房 xīn fáng brand new house / bridal chamber syn 刑具 xíng jù punishment equipment / torture instrument syn 音箱 yīn xiāng loudspeaker box / speaker (audio equipment) / resonating chamber of a musical instrument / sound box syn 下议院 下議院 xià yì yuàn lower chamber (of legislative body) / lower house / the House of Commons 揉搓 róu cuo to rub / to torment / to torture syn 夜壶 夜壺 yè hú chamber pot syn 登堂入室 dēng táng rù shì lit. from the main room, enter the inner chamber (idiom) / fig. to go to the next level / to attain a higher level syn 方丈 fāng zhang square zhang (i.e. unit of area 10 feet square) / monastic room 10 feet square / Buddhist or Daoist abbot / abbot's chamber syn 参院 參院 cān yuàn abbr. for 參議院|参议院[can1 yi4 yuan4], senate / upper chamber (of legislative assembly) 大关 大關 dà guān strategic pass / barrier or mark (i.e. a level considered impressive, usually a round figure such as 10,000) / instrument of torture used to break limbs 杜马 杜馬 dù mǎ Duma, lower chamber of Russian parliament 墓道 mù dào path leading to a grave / tomb passage / aisle leading to the coffin chamber of an ancient tomb syn 室内乐 室內樂 shì nèi yuè chamber music 国际商会 國際商會 guó jì shāng huì International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) 西厢记 西廂記 xī xiāng jì Romance of the West Chamber by Wang Shifu 王實甫|王实甫[Wang2 Shi2 fu3] 炉膛 爐膛 lú táng furnace chamber / stove chamber 卫生陶瓷 衛生陶瓷 wèi shēng táo cí chamber pot / commode 闺阁 閨閣 guī gé lady's chamber syn 刑 xíng punishment / penalty / sentence / torture / corporal punishment syn 拷 kǎo to beat / to flog / to examine under torture / (computing) to copy (abbr. for 拷貝|拷贝[kao3 bei4]) syn 阁 閣 gé pavilion (usu. two-storied) / cabinet (politics) / boudoir / woman's chamber / rack / shelf syn 闺 閨 guī small arched door / boudoir / lady's chamber / (fig.) women 电刑 電刑 diàn xíng to torture sb using electricity / electrocution (capital punishment) 上议院 上議院 shàng yì yuàn Upper Chamber / Upper House / Senate 上刑 shàng xíng severe punishment / worst punishment / to torture syn 便桶 biàn tǒng chamber pot syn 窨井 yìn jǐng manhole / inspection chamber 熬煎 áo jiān suffering / torture syn 炮烙 páo lào the hot pillar (ancient Chinese torture instrument) 老虎凳 lǎo hǔ dèng tiger bench (torture method in which the victim sits with legs extended horizontally along a bench, upper legs held down with straps while bricks are inserted under the feet, forcing the knee joint to bend in reverse) 埙 塤 xūn ocarina / wind instrument consisting of an egg-shaped chamber with holes 便壶 便壺 biàn hú bed urinal / chamber pot syn 尿盆 niào pén chamber pot 苦刑 kǔ xíng torture / corporal punishment (traditionally involving mutilation or amputation) 大观园 大觀園 dà guān yuán Prospect Garden / Grand View Garden, a garden in Dream of the Red Chamber 夹棍 夾棍 jiā gùn leg vise (torture instrument) 刀锯斧钺 刀鋸斧鉞 dāo jù fǔ yuè knife, saw, ax and hatchet (idiom) / facing torture and execution 斧钺汤镬 斧鉞湯鑊 fǔ yuè tāng huò battle-ax and boiling cauldron (idiom) / facing torture and execution 绷扒吊拷 繃扒吊拷 bèng bā diào kǎo to strip, tie up, hang and beat sb, an ancient torture technique 屈打成招 qū dǎ chéng zhāo to obtain confessions under torture syn 升堂入室 shēng táng rù shì lit. to reach the main room and enter the chamber (idiom) / fig. to gradually attain proficiency / to attain a higher level syn 反酷刑协会 反酷刑協會 SOS Torture / SOS Torture Network 联合国援助酷刑受害者自愿基金 聯合國援助酷刑受害者自愿基金 lián hé guó yuán zhù kù xíng shòu hài zhě zì yuàn jī jīn United Nations Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture / United Nations Fund for Victims of Torture 联合国酷刑受害者基金 聯合國酷刑受害者基金 lián hé guó kù xíng shòu hài zhě jī jīn United Nations Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture / United Nations Fund for Victims of Torture 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 联合国支持酷刑受害者国际日 聯合國支持酷刑受害者國際日 United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture / International Day in Support of Victims of Torture 刀锯鼎镬 刀鋸鼎鑊 dāo jù dǐng huò knife, saw and cauldron / ancient instruments of torture / fig. torture 严刑拷打 嚴刑拷打 yán xíng kǎo dǎ torture / interrogation by torture 前房角 qián fáng jiǎo anterior chamber (the front chamber of the eye) 推进剂浇铸室 tuī jìn jì jiāo zhù shì propellant casting chamber / casting chamber 刑求 xíng qiú to extort confession by torture 刑辱 xíng rǔ to humiliate by torture 反酷刑折磨公约 反酷刑折磨公約 fǎn kù xíng zhé mó gōng yuē UN convention against torture and cruel treatment (ratified by PRC in 1988) 揉磨 róu mo to torment / to torture 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 水刑 shuǐ xíng water-boarding (torture) 磨折 mó zhé to torture / to torment 跳出火坑 tiào chū huǒ kēng lit. to jump out of a fire pit (idiom) / to escape from a living hell / to free oneself from a life of torture 酷刑折磨 kù xíng zhé mó torture and cruel treatment 反对酷刑之声 fǎn duì kù xíng zhī shēng Voice against Torture 反对以色列境内的酷刑公共委员会 Public Committee against Torture in Israel 国际反对酷刑协会 International Association against Torture 美洲防止和惩处酷刑公约 Inter-American Convention to Prevent and Punish Torture 国际酷刑受害者康复中心 國際酷刑受害者康複中心 International Centre for the Rehabilitation of Torture Victims 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 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 酷刑受害者治疗和康复中心 酷刑受害者治療和康複中心 Treatment and Rehabilitation Center for Victims of Torture 禁止酷刑委员会 禁止酷刑委員會 Committee against Torture 苏丹取缔酷刑组织 蘇丹取締酷刑組織 sū dān qǔ dì kù xíng zǔ zhī Sudanese Organization against Torture 世界禁止酷刑组织 世界禁止酷刑組織 World Organization against Torture 国际酷刑和人权讨论会 國際酷刑和人權討論會 International Seminar on Torture and Human Rights 酷刑逼供取得的证据不得采信 酷刑逼供取得的證據不得采信 non-admissibility of evidence extracted by torture 援助酷刑受害者联合国自愿基金董事会 援助酷刑受害者聯合國自願基金董事會 Board of Trustees of the United Nations Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture 联合国支持酷刑受害者国际日联合宣言 聯合國支持酷刑受害者國際日聯合宣言 Joint Declaration for the United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture 基督徒废除酷刑行动 基督徒廢除酷刑行動 Action by Christians for the Abolition of Torture 防止酷刑协会 防止酷刑協會 Association for the Prevention of Torture 酷刑受害人 victim of torture 中非反对酷刑废除死刑协会 中非反對酷刑廢除死刑協會 Association centrafricaine de lutte contre la torture et pour l'abolition de la peine de mort 酷刑受害人康复和研究中心 酷刑受害人康複和研究中心 Rehabilitation and Research Centre for Torture Victims 酷刑受害者康复问题亚洲会议 酷刑受害者康複問題亞洲會議 Asian Conference on Rehabilitation of Torture Victims 拶刑 zǎn xíng squeezing the fingers between sticks (old form of torture) 拶子 zǎn zi sticks used for squeezing the fingers (old form of torture) 拶指 zǎn zhǐ to squeeze the fingers (old form of torture) 