Ling Chi was a slow and torturous method of execution practiced in Imperial China. Better known in English as "death by a thousand cuts", ling chi took a terribly long time to kill the condemned ...

Ling chi, also known as "slow slicing" or "death by a thousand cuts" was a form of torture and execution used in China from roughly 900 until it was banned in 1905. It was also used in Vietnam and ...

Clinging to the status quo, trying to avoid upsetting people, always making sure there’s someone (or something) else to blame if things go wrong—welcome to death by a thousand paper cuts.