五刑 wǔxíng

wǔxíng noun imperial five punishments of feudal China
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain: , Concept:
Notes: 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, capital punishment 死 (CC-CEDICT '五刑')

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