严刑 yán xíng

cruel punishment; strict law

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency 15346th word

Definitions

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

Characters

Character Meaning
严 yán HSK 4
strict; severe; rigorous
刑 xíng HSK 6
punishment; penalty; sentence