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凌遲

简凌迟 · 繁凌遲

Mandarin · pinyin líng chí

the lingering death
the death of a thousand cuts (old form of capital punishment)

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凌: líng · pure; virtuous; insult; maltreat
遲: Look up this written character
迟: chí · late, tardy; slow; delay

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2–2 · ling2 chi2

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ling4 ci4

Cantonese word readings for 凌遲. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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noun

(historical) slow slicing; lingchi

verb

(historical) to put to death by dismembering the body
(archaic) to wither; to go into a state of decline
(Xiamen and Taiwanese Hokkien) to abuse or bully cruelly

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