Usually means: Psychological stress from dripping water.
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  1. Chinese water torture: Merriam-Webster
  2. Chinese water torture: Collins English Dictionary
  3. Chinese water torture: Wiktionary
  4. Chinese water torture: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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  6. Chinese water torture: Merriam-Webster

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  1. chinese water torture: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (Chinese water torture)

noun:  A form of torture in which water is repetitively dripped onto the forehead of a victim who is restrained.
noun:  (idiomatic, by extension) Any repeated irritation that builds to deliver cumulative damage.

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