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折磨

zhé mó

HSK 6 2-character word

What 折磨 means

1. to torment; to torture

The characters in 折磨

• 折zhéto break; to fracture; to snap
• 磨móto rub; to grind; to polish

Example sentences

• 别折磨他们了。
  Stop tormenting them.
• 他们是不会停止折磨我的。
  Tāmen shì bù huì tíngzhǐ zhémó wǒ de.
  They wouldn't stop torturing me.
• 再折磨他也没用，他不会招供的。
  There's no point in torturing him, he isn't going to confess.

Words containing 折磨

• 酷刑折磨kù xíng zhé mótorture and cruel treatment
• 反酷刑折磨公约fǎn kù xíng zhé mó gōng yuēUN convention against torture and cruel treatment (ratified by PRC in 1988)