酷刑折磨 kù xíng zhé mó

torture and cruel treatment

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. torture and cruel treatment

Characters

Character Meaning
酷 kù HSK 6
(loanword) cool; hip; strong (e.g. of wine)
刑 xíng HSK 6
punishment; penalty; sentence
折 zhé HSK 4
to fold; to bend; to break
磨 mó HSK 6
to rub; to grind; to waste time