誅 zhū

execute, kill, put to death; punish

DEFINITIONS

  • execute, kill, put to death
  • punish
  • to put (a criminal) to death
  • to punish

WORDS

人不為己，天誅地滅 rén bù wèi jǐ ， tiān zhū dì miè Look out for yourself, or heaven and earth will combine to destroy you.; Every man for himself, and the Devil take the hindmost.
伏誅 fú zhū to be executed
口誅筆伐 kǒu zhū bǐ fá to condemn in speech and in writing (idiom); to denounce by word and pen
天誅 tiān zhū heavenly punishment; king's punishment
孫誅 sūn zhū Sun Zhu (1711-1778), poet and compiler of Three Hundred Tang Poems 唐詩三百首|唐诗三百首[Tang2 shi1 San1 bai3 Shou3]; also known by assumed name 蘅塘退士[Heng2 tang2 Tui4 shi4]
斧鉞之誅 fǔ yuè zhī zhū to die by battle-ax (idiom); to be executed
族誅 zú zhū to execute all of sb's relatives (as punishment) (old)
竊國者侯，竊鉤者誅 qiè guó zhě hóu ， qiè gōu zhě zhū steal the whole country and they make you a prince, steal a hook and they hang you (idiom, from Daoist classic Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子)
竊鉤者誅，竊國者侯 qiè gōu zhě zhū ， qiè guó zhě hóu steal a hook and they hang you, steal the whole country and they make you a prince (idiom, from Daoist classic Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子)
誅九族 zhū jiǔ zú to execute all of sb's relatives (as punishment) (old)
誅心之論 zhū xīn zhī lùn a devastating criticism; to expose hidden motives
誅戮 zhū lù to put to death
誅暴討逆 zhū bào tǎo nì to wipe out the villains (e.g. insurgents, or people of another race)
誅殺 zhū shā to kill; to murder
誅求 zhū qiú exorbitant demands; demanding with menaces; extortion
誅求無厭 zhū qiú wú yàn incessant exorbitant demands
誅求無已 zhū qiú wú yǐ to make endless exorbitant demands
誅流 zhū liú to kill and banish
誅滅 zhū miè to wipe out; to exterminate
誅盡殺絕 zhū jìn shā jué to wipe out; to exterminate
誅鋤 zhū chú to uproot; to eradicate (traitors)
誅鋤異己 zhū chú yì jǐ to wipe out dissenters; to exterminate those who disagree
誅除 zhū chú to wipe out; to exterminate
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