KIA QUEN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does kia quen mean? 

• KIA QUEN (noun)
  The noun KIA QUEN has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: KIA QUEN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• KIA QUEN (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)