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严刑

yán xíng

2-character word Traditional 嚴刑

What 严刑 means

1. strict law
2. cruel punishment
3. to carry out cruel law rigorously

The characters in 严刑

• 严yántight (closely sealed); stern; strict
• 刑xíngpunishment; penalty; sentence

Words starting with 严刑

• 严刑拷打yán xíng kǎo dǎtorture; interrogation by torture

Sounds the same

Read yán xíng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 言行words and actions; what one says and what one does

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