苦打成招 kǔ dǎ chéng zhāo Torture confession

Explanation

指用严刑拷打，迫使无辜的人承认罪行。形容一种不公正的审讯手段，强调了手段的残忍和结果的不公正。

Refers to the use of torture to force innocent people to confess to crimes. It describes an unjust interrogation method, emphasizing the cruelty of the method and the injustice of the result.

Origin Story

话说大明朝正德年间，京城里发生了一起离奇的盗窃案。丢失的珍宝价值连城，一时间人心惶惶。负责此案的是一位年轻的捕快，名叫李毅。他一心想破案，却苦于没有线索。无奈之下，李毅抓捕了几个路过案发现场的无辜百姓，对他们进行严刑拷打，妄图逼他们承认罪行。在酷刑之下，百姓们个个遍体鳞伤，却始终不肯承认。李毅气急败坏，继续加重刑罚，直到其中一位年迈的老者在难以忍受的痛苦下，含糊不清地承认了罪行。但李毅仔细一查，发现老者所说与案情根本对不上号。最终，李毅通过调查，找到了真正的盗贼。这件案子让李毅深刻反省，他意识到苦打成招这种不公正的手段，不仅无法破案，反而会冤枉好人。他开始致力于改进侦破手段，不再采用任何刑讯逼供的方式，最终成为了百姓心中公正廉明的捕快。

huà shuō dà míng cháo zhèng dé nián jiān, jīng chéng lǐ fāshēng le yī qǐ lí qí de dào qiè àn. diūshī de zhēnbǎo jiàzhí liánchéng, yī shí jiān rén xīn huáng huáng. fùzé cǐ àn de shì yī wèi nián qīng de bǔ kuài, míng jiào lǐ yì. tā yī xīn xiǎng pò àn, què kǔ yú méiyǒu xiànsuō. wú nài zhī xià, lǐ yì zhuā bǔ le jǐ gè lù guò àn fāxiàn chǎng de wú gū bǎixìng, duì tāmen jìnxíng yán xíng kǎo dǎ, wàng tú bī tāmen chéngrèn zuì xíng. zài kù xíng zhī xià, bǎixìng men gè gè biàn tǐ lín shāng, què shǐ zhōng bù kěn chéngrèn. lǐ yì qì jí bài huài, jìxù jiā zhòng xíngfá, zhídào qí zhōng yī wèi nián mài de lǎo zhě zài nán yǐ rěn shòu de tòngkǔ xià, hán hu bù qīng de chéngrèn le zuì xíng. dàn lǐ yì zǐxì yī chá, fāxiàn lǎo zhě suǒ shuō yǔ àn qíng gēnběn duì bù shàng hào. zuìzhōng, lǐ yì tōngguò diàochá, zhǎodào le zhēnzhèng de dàozéi. zhè jiàn ànzi ràng lǐ yì shēnkè fǎnxǐng, tā yìshí dào kǔ dǎ chéng zhāo zhè zhǒng bù gōngzhèng de shǒuduàn, bù jǐn wúfǎ pò àn, fǎn'ér huì yuānwàng hǎo rén. tā kāishǐ zhìlì yú gǎijiàn zhēn pò shǒuduàn, bù zài cǎiyòng rènhé xíng xùn bī gōng de fāngshì, zuìzhōng chéng wéi le bǎixìng xīn zhōng gōng zhèng liánmíng de bǔ kuài.

During the Zhengde reign of the Ming Dynasty, a bizarre theft occurred in the capital city. The lost treasures were invaluable, and people were in a state of panic. A young constable named Li Yi was in charge of the case. He was determined to solve the case, but he lacked clues. In desperation, Li Yi arrested several innocent people who had passed by the scene of the crime and subjected them to brutal torture, hoping to force a confession. Under severe torture, these people were badly injured but still refused to confess. Li Yi, in a fit of rage, intensified the torture until an elderly man, unable to bear the pain any longer, mumbled a confession. But after a thorough investigation, Li Yi found that the elderly man's statement did not match the facts of the case. Eventually, through diligent investigation, Li Yi found the true thief. This case made Li Yi reflect deeply. He realized that the unjust method of torture not only failed to solve the case but also wrongly accused innocent people. He began to improve his investigative methods, abandoning any form of torture, and eventually became a constable known for his integrity and fairness among the people.

Usage

常用于指控不公正的审讯手段，或形容手段的残忍以及导致的不公平结果。

cháng yòng yú zhǐ kòng bù gōngzhèng de shěn xùn shǒuduàn, huò xíngróng shǒuduàn de cánrěn yǐjí dǎozhì de bù gōngpíng jiéguǒ.

Often used to accuse unjust interrogation methods, or to describe the cruelty of the methods and the unfair results they lead to.

Examples

• 为了破案，他们竟然用了苦打成招的办法。

  wèile pòaàn, tāmen jìngrán yòngle kǔ dǎ chéng zhāo de bànfǎ.

  In order to solve the case, they actually used the method of torture to force a confession.

• 他被冤枉入狱，是因为有人对他苦打成招。

  tā bèi yuānwàng rù yù, shì yīnwèi yǒurén duì tā kǔ dǎ chéng zhāo

  He was wrongly imprisoned because someone tortured him into confessing.

Related Idioms

• 屈打成招

• 刑讯逼供

Opposite Idioms

• 坦白从宽

• 无罪释放