水刑逼供

water-boarding, interrogation technique used by CIA

surname Shui

water / river / liquid / beverage / additional charges or income / (of clothes) classifier for number of washes

variant of 逼[bi1] / to compel / to pressure

to force (sb to do sth) / to compel / to press for / to extort / to press on towards / to press up to / to close in on / euphemistic variant of 屄[bi1]

to provide / to supply

sacrificial offering / to confess

surname Xing

punishment / penalty / sentence / torture / corporal punishment

to extort a confession

water-boarding (torture)