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wǔxíng imperial five punishments of feudal China, up to Han times: tattooing characters on the forehead 墨[mò], cutting off the nose 劓[yì], amputation of one or both feet 刖[yuè], castration 宮
>宫[gōng], execution 大辟[dà pì]
Han dynasty onwards: whipping 笞[chī], beating the legs and buttocks with rough thorns 杖[zhàng], forced labor 徒[tú], exile or banishment 流[liú], capital punishment 死[sǐ]

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        wǔ, five/5
        dìwǔ, fifth
        Zhōuwǔ, [週五], Friday
        Xīngqīwǔ, Friday
        wǔshí, fifty
        shíwǔ, fifteen/15
        
        WǔjiǎoDàlóu, [五角大樓], the Pentagon
        
        Wǔyuè, May/fifth month (of the lunar year)
        
        
        
        
        
        Lǐbàiwǔ, [禮拜五], Friday
        wǔjīndiàn, hardware store/ironmonger's store
        
        
        
        
        wǔjiǎoxīng, pentagram
        
        
        
        
        
        wǔfēnzhīyī, one fifth
        
        èrbǎiwǔ, idiot/stupid person/a dope
        
        wǔxīngjí, [五星級], five-star (hotel)
        
        wǔjīn, metal hardware (nuts and bolts)/the five metals: gold, silver, copper, iron and ...
        
        wǔxīng, the five visible planets, namely: Mercury 水星, Venus 金星, Mars 火星, Jupiter 木星, Sat...
        
        
        
        
        
        yīwǔyīshí, lit. count by fives and tens (idiom); to narrate systematically and in full deta...
        
        wǔyī, 5-1 (May 1st)
        
        
        wǔguān, five sense organs of TCM (nose, eyes, lips, tongue, ears 鼻目口舌耳)/facial features
        
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        wǔwǔ, 50-50/equal (share, partnership etc)
        
        wǔtǐtóudì, [五體投地], to prostrate oneself in admiration (idiom); to adulate sb
        
        wǔyuèfèn, May
        
        wǔcǎi, five (main) colors (white, black, red, yellow, and blue)/multicolored
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        wǔyánliùsè, [五顏六色], multi-colored/every color under the sun
        wǔzàngliùfǔ, [五臟六腑], five viscera and six bowels (TCM)
        
        
        
        
        
        Wǔzhǐshān, Wuzhi or Mount Five Finger, Hainan/Wuzhishan City, Hainan
        wǔhuābāmén, [五花八門], myriad/all kinds of/all sorts of
        wǔyīn, five notes of pentatonic scale, roughly do, re, mi, sol, la/five classes of init...
        wǔzàng, [五臟], five viscera of TCM, namely: heart 心[xīn], liver 肝[gān], spleen 脾[pí], lungs 肺[f...
        
        
        
        wǔhuāròu, pork belly/streaky pork
        
        Wǔdài, Five Dynasties, period of history between the fall of the Tang dynasty (907) and...
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
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        wǔcǎibīnfēn, [五彩繽紛], all the colors in profusion (idiom); a garish display
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        Wǔtái, [五臺], Wutai city and county in Xinzhou 忻州[Xīn zhōu], Shanxi
        wǔniánjìhuà, [五年計劃], Five-Year Plan
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        wǔxiāng, five spice seasoned/incorporating the five basic flavors of Chinese cooking (swe...
        
        wǔgǔ, [五穀], five crops, e.g. millet 粟[sù], soybean 豆[dòu], sesame 麻[má], barley 麥|麦[mài], ri...
        
        
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        gésānchàwǔ, every few days (idiom)
        
        
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        wǔguāngshísè, bright and multicolored/of rich variety/(fig.) dazzling/glitzy
        
        
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        wǔxíng, five phases of Chinese philosophy: wood 木, fire 火, earth 土, metal 金, water 水
        sānwǔ, several/three or five
        
        sānwǔchéngqún, in groups of three or four (idiom)
        
        
        
        
        
        sānfānwǔcì, over and over again (idiom)
        
        
        
        
        
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        wǔgǔfēngdēng, [五穀豐登], abundant harvest of all food crops/bumper grain harvest
        
        
        
        
        
        Wǔyuèjié, [五月節], Dragon Boat Festival (the 5th day of the 5th lunar month)
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        wǔbiānxíng, [五邊形], pentagon
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
线         wǔxiànpǔ, [五線譜], (music) staff/stave
        
        
        
        
        guòwǔguānzhǎnliùjiàng, [過五關斬六將], lit. to cross five passes and slay six generals (idiom)/fig. to surmount all dif...
        
        
        wǔhúsìhǎi, all parts of the country
        
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        língdiǎnwǔ, [零點五], zero point five, 0.5/one half
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
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        wǔjiā, Acanthopanax gracilistylus
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
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        Wǔyuè, [五嶽], Five Sacred Mountains of the Daoists, namely: Mt Tai 泰山[Tài Shān] in Shandong, M...
        
        
        
        
        wǔshì, the fifth (of series of numbered kings)
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
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        wǔzǐqí, five-in-a-row (game similar to tic-tac-toe)/Japanese: gomoku/gobang
        
        
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        wǔjiǎoxíng, pentagon
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
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        sǐxíng, death penalty
        xíngshì, criminal/penal
        fúxíng, to serve a prison sentence
        Xíng/xíng, surname Xing, punishment/penalty/sentence/torture/corporal punishment
        xíngjǐng, abbr. for 刑事警察[xíng shì jǐng chá]/criminal police
        xíngqī, prison term
        xíngxíng, to carry out a (death) sentence/execution
        huǎnxíng, [緩刑], suspended sentence/probation
        pànxíng, to sentence (to prison etc)
        kùxíng, cruelty/torture
        jiǎnxíng, [減刑], to reduce penalty/shortened or commuted (judicial) sentence
        yánxíng, [嚴刑], strict law/cruel punishment/to carry out cruel law rigorously
        jiǎoxíng, [絞刑], to execute by hanging
        xíngfá, [刑罰], sentence/penalty/punishment
        wúqītúxíng, [無期徒刑], life imprisonment
        xíngxùn, [刑訊], interrogation under torture/inquisition
        
        
        
        xíngfǎ, criminal law
        yǒuqītúxíng, limited term of imprisonment (i.e. anything less than life imprisonment)
        túxíng, prison sentence
        xíngjù, punishment equipment/torture instrument
        
        diànxíng, [電刑], to torture sb using electricity/electrocution (capital punishment)
        xíngzhēn, [刑偵], criminal investigation
        jiǎoxíngjià, [絞刑架], gibbet/hanging post
        xíngchǎng, [刑場], execution ground/gallows/scaffold
        liàngxíng, to assess punishment/to determine the sentence (on a criminal)
        xíngshìfànzuì, criminal offense
        chǔxíng, [處刑], to sentence/to condemn
        shòuxíng, beaten/tortured/executed
        jíxíng, [極刑], supreme penalty/execution
        
        
        xíngfáng, office of punishment/torture chamber (esp. unofficial)
        
        
        
        
        
        línxíng, [臨刑], facing execution
        kǔxíng, torture/corporal punishment (traditionally involving mutilation or amputation)
        gōngxíng, [宮刑], castration (archaic punishment)
        
        xíngshìfàn, a criminal

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