Etymology

lingchi

ling·chi
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Today it means: A form of execution used in China from roughly 900 to 1905 C.E., the "death by a thousand cuts", in which the condemned was killed by methodical removal of body parts with a knife. Full definition →

Mandarin 凌遲
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  1. Mandarin · borrowed from凌遲
  2. English todaylingchi

Borrowed from Mandarin 凌遲 (língchí).

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