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cam4 taam4
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chén tán
Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
to sink sb to the bottom of a pond (a kind of private punishment, especially for unfaithful wives)
Definitions (Wiktionary)
verb, historical
to tie someone to a rock and drown them (as a torture in ancient China)
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
(沒有對應漢語詞彙)