刀锯鼎镬

knife, saw and cauldron / ancient instruments of torture / fig. torture

knife / blade / single-edged sword / cutlass / CL:把[ba3] / (slang) dollar (loanword) / classifier for sets of one hundred sheets (of paper) / classifier for knife cuts or stabs

variant of 鋦|锔[ju1]

a saw / to cut with a saw

ancient cooking cauldron with two looped handles and three or four legs / pot (dialect) / to enter upon a period of (classical) / Kangxi radical 206 / one of the 64 hexagrams of the Book of Changes

wok (dialect) / cauldron (old)