1. The verb to whip (biān tà) originally refers to whipping, but now it mostly describes ruthless accusation and disclosure.

2. Example: Flogging: This work ruthlessly exposes and flogs the ugliness of the old society.

3. Specific meaning:

Definition: Beat with a whip

Explanation 1:

Whip; strike with a cane.

〖Example〗 "Han Feizi·Wai Chu said about the lower right": "Let Wang Liang use the left leather and shout at him, let Zaofu use the right leather and flog him. The horse cannot travel ten miles, so it is ***. "The epitaph of the emperor Yuan of Henan after Yilang Shiyushi of the Tang Dynasty enshrined the salt and iron in the canal and left it in the shade" written by Tang Yuanzhen: "It is not the duty of the disciples to be flogged, but it is not impossible to refuse orders." "Annals of the States of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty" No. Chapter ninety-seven: "The jailer whipped him wildly, and his teeth were broken. (Fan) Ju's face was bleeding, and the pain was extremely unbearable, and he complained of injustice." Qing Jiyun's "Notes of Yuewei Thatched Cottage: Such I Heard Four": " I am in the underworld, being whipped." "The Last Rest" by Bing Xin: "Her mind is filled with only misery and terror, and all she feels on her body is whipping, coldness and hunger." "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" says: "Please whip me. Come on, Gong Jin! "Go through fire and water, no matter what!"

Explanation 2

Ancient punishment name.

〖Example〗 Jin Gehong's "Baopuzi·Using Punishment": "In the past Zhou Dynasty, corporal punishment was used, and seven hundred sacrifices were accumulated. The Han Dynasty abolished it, and it was not as good as the times. As for whipping, most of the dead had minor symptoms. The name of punishment contains the reality of killing. "The second poem of Song Dynasty's "Xixue Zoubi Presents to Li Xuancheng": "The people in the court were arguing about the merits and floggings."

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Whips, bamboo boards and other objects used for torture.

〖Example〗Tang Yuanzhen's "Epitaph of the Henan Yuan Family of the Wife of Xiayang County Magistrate Lu Han": "My wife is a holy and good wife, she teaches her children to be compassionate and silent, and punishes her maids and servants to protect them with Zhuang Li. "Flogging." Su Shi of the Song Dynasty "On the six things that have accumulated arrears and the four things mentioned in the imperial edict": "The supervisor supervises the order, and the order supervises the officers and soldiers. The day when the order comes to the door, the whipping will increase every day." His body." Huang Junzai of the Qing Dynasty wrote in "Jinhu Langmo·Huaiguan": "The young man is angry, and those who follow him will be scolded and whipped."