炮烙
paau3 lok3páo luò
English
- form of torture said to have been used by King Zhou of Shang 商紂王|商纣王[Shang1 Zhou4 Wang2] in which the victim was forced onto a bronze pillar heated by a fire
- the torture of the hot copper pillar
粵語 — Cantonese
- 中國古代酷刑之一，將人綁喺碌中空嘅大銅柱度，銅柱裏面有火，受刑者燒爛皮肉而死。
Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk