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KIA QUEN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A form of foot torture used by the Chinese in which the victim's foot was placed between three pieces of bamboo and systematically squeezed
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("kia quen" is a kind of...):
torture; torturing (the deliberate, systematic, or wanton infliction of physical or mental suffering by one or more persons in an attempt to force another person to yield information or to make a confession or for any other reason)
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