| 水刑逼供 |
shuǐ xíng bī gòng |
water-boarding, interrogation technique used by CIA |
| 水 |
Shuǐ |
surname Shui |
| 水 |
shuǐ |
water / (after a name) ... River / to swim (used mostly in 会水 and 水性) / (coll.) lacking in substance; shoddy / (bound form) additional cost; extra income / classifier for washings of a garment |
| 水刑 |
shuǐ xíng |
water-boarding (torture) |
| 刑 |
Xíng |
surname Xing |
| 刑 |
xíng |
punishment / penalty / sentence / torture / corporal punishment |
| 逼 |
bī |
variant of 逼 / to compel / to pressure |
| 逼 |
bī |
to force (sb to do sth) / to compel / to press for / to extort / to press on towards / to press up to / to close in on / euphemistic variant of 屄 |
| 逼供 |
bī gòng |
to extort a confession |
| 供 |
gōng |
to provide; to supply / to be for (the use or convenience of) |
| 供 |
gòng |
to lay (sacrificial offerings) / (bound form) offerings / to confess (Taiwan pr. [gong1]) / confession; statement (Taiwan pr. [gong1]) |