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炮烙 炮烙 [[pao2luo4]] /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/ 931 2
商紂王 商纣王 [[Shang1 Zhou4 Wang2]] /King Zhou of Shang (11th century BC), notorious as a cruel tyrant/ 931 2
武王伐紂 武王伐纣 [Wu3 wang2 fa2 Zhou4] /King Wu of Zhou 周武王[Zhou1 Wu3 wang2] overthrows tyrant Zhou of Shang 商紂王|商纣王[Shang1 Zhou4 wang2]/ 5765 1
[[Zhou4]] /Zhou, pejorative name given posthumously to the last king of the Shang dynasty, King Zhou of Shang 商紂王|商纣王[Shang1 Zhou4 Wang2] (the name refers to a crupper 紂|纣[zhou4], the piece of horse tack most likely to be soiled by the horse)/ 931 2
助紂為虐 助纣为虐 [zhu4 Zhou4 wei2 nüe4] /lit. helping tyrant Zhou 商紂王|商纣王[Shang1 Zhou4 wang2] in his oppression (idiom)/fig. to take the side of the evildoer/giving succor to the enemy/ 4337 1

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