五刑 wǔ xíng

Han dynasty onwards: whipping chī, beating the legs and buttocks with rough thorns zhàng, forced labor , exile or banishment liú, capital punishment

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Definitions

  1. 1. Han dynasty onwards: whipping chī, beating the legs and buttocks with rough thorns zhàng, forced labor , exile or banishment liú, capital punishment
  2. 2. imperial five punishments of feudal China, up to Han times: tattooing characters on the forehead , cutting off the nose , amputation of one or both feet yuè, castration gōng, execution dà pì

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Character Meaning
five; 5
punishment; penalty; sentence