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(literary) corporal punishment or execution
imperial five punishments of feudal China, up to Han times: tattooing characters on the forehead , cutting off the nose , amputation of one or both feet , castration 宮|宫, execution 大辟 / Han dynasty onwards: whipping , beating the legs and buttocks with rough thorns , forced labor , exile or banishment , capital punishment
an execution / to put sb to death
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(literary) person representing the deceased (during burial ceremonies) / (literary) to put a corpse on display (after execution) / variant of 屍|尸
to carry out a (death) sentence / execution
prisoner that awaits execution / convict sentenced to death / someone on death row
execution ground
supreme penalty / execution
to execute on the spot (idiom); summary execution / to carry out the law on the spot
execution ground
benevolent heart and skillful execution (idiom, from Mencius); charitable in thought and deed
to deliberate and decide / to try and punish / trial and execution
facing execution
execution by fire / burning at the stake
public execution (old)
to extend one's neck in preparation for execution (idiom)
chance remarks can lead to public execution (idiom)
knife, saw, ax and hatchet (idiom); facing torture and execution
To do a good job, an artisan needs the best tools (idiom). Good tools are prerequisite to the successful execution of a job
skillful execution and strategic planning; technical and tactical skills (abbr. for 技術|技术 + 戰術|战术)
battle-ax and boiling cauldron (idiom); facing torture and execution
stoning (execution method)
to bind up and take to the market (idiom); to take a prisoner to the town center for execution
(of a ruler) to order sb to commit suicide (in lieu of execution)


Tip: Pinyin can be entered with or without tone numbers, e.g. 'nihao' or 'ni3hao3'.
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