苦刑

yǐ hòu de cháng jiǔ suì yuè bù guò shì wú zhōng jú de kǔ xíng

以后的长久岁月不过是无终局的苦刑。

In the long years ahead there would be only endless pain and misery.

tā zāo shòu le kǔ xíng

他遭受了苦刑。

He suffered a cruel punishment.