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酷刑

kù xíng

2-character word

What 酷刑 means

1. cruelty; torture

The characters in 酷刑

• 酷kùruthless; strong (e.g. of wine); (loanword) cool
• 刑xíngpunishment; penalty; sentence

Example sentences

• 扭转治疗是酷刑。
  Conversion therapy is torture.

Words starting with 酷刑

• 酷刑折磨kù xíng zhé mótorture and cruel treatment

Words containing 酷刑

• 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)

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