炮烙
páoluò
form of torture said to have been used by King Zhou of Shang 商纣王 Shāng Zhòu Wáng in which the victim was forced onto a bronze pillar heated by a fire
paoluo, originally bronze pillars on fire for torture (said to be invented by King Zhou of Shang to entertain his consort Daji), later referring to similar kinds of torture