TORMENT    拷打

INJURE DELIBERATELY USING WICKED INTENT.
Modern Chinese Criteria
折磨 折騰 拷打
Hypernym
  • INJURE　DAMAGE a HUMAN OR ANIMAL so as to CAUSE TO HAVE INJURY. (anc: 11/0, child: 3)
  • DAMAGE　CHANGE so as to CAUSE TO BECOME MORE BAD. (anc: 10/0, child: 8)
  • CHANGE　EVENT involving two MOMENTS t1 and t2, such that a THING at the MOMENT t1 is DIFFERENT FROM that THING at the MOMENT t2. (anc: 9/0, child: 18)
  • Dictionnaire culturel en langue francaise ( REY 2005) p. 4.1456

  • Using Chinese Synonyms ( GRACE ZHANG 2010) p. 353

    • Words (1 items)

    煎  jiān OC: tsen MC: tsiɛn 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNtorture mentally; maltreat; abuse