凌りょう遅ち刑けい

noun

lingchi; slow slicing; death by a thousand cuts

Historical term for a form of torture and execution used in imperial China, involving prolonged cutting of the body.

• 凌りょう遅ち刑けいは、中ちゅう国ごくの歴れき史し上じょう最もっとも残ざん酷こくな刑けい罰ばつの一ひとつとされる。

  Lingchi is considered one of the most brutal punishments in Chinese history.