绞架 (jiǎojià) · gallows, a frame used for hanging as execution

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一个绞架 gè

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罪犯被押上绞架，执行了死刑。

Zuìfàn bèi yā shàng jiǎojià, zhíxíng le sǐxíng.

The criminal was led to the gallows and executed.

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历史上，许多无辜者在绞架上含冤而死。

Lìshǐ shàng, xǔduō wúgū zhě zài jiǎojià shàng hányuān ér sǐ.

Throughout history, many innocent people died unjustly on the gallows.

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绞 means 'to twist' or 'to strangle' (as in strangling by rope), and 架 means 'a frame' or 'a rack'. Together: the twisting-rope frame - a gallows.

绞 jiǎo

架 jià