诛 zhū

execute, kill, put to death; punish

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DEFINITIONS

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

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WORDS

口诛笔伐 kǒu zhū bǐ fá to condemn in speech and in writing (idiom); to denounce by word and pen
人不为己，天诛地灭 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.
伏诛 fú zhū to be executed
天诛 tiān zhū heavenly punishment; king's punishment
孙诛 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]
斧钺之诛 fǔ yuè zhī zhū to die by battle-ax (idiom); to be executed
族诛 zú zhū to execute all of sb's relatives (as punishment) (old)
窃国者侯，窃钩者诛 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)
窃钩者诛，窃国者侯 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)
诛九族 zhū jiǔ zú to execute all of sb's relatives (as punishment) (old)
诛心之论 zhū xīn zhī lùn a devastating criticism; to expose hidden motives
诛戮 zhū lù to put to death
诛暴讨逆 zhū bào tǎo nì to wipe out the villains (e.g. insurgents, or people of another race)
诛杀 zhū shā to kill; to murder
诛求 zhū qiú exorbitant demands; demanding with menaces; extortion
诛求无厌 zhū qiú wú yàn incessant exorbitant demands
诛求无已 zhū qiú wú yǐ to make endless exorbitant demands
诛流 zhū liú to kill and banish
诛灭 zhū miè to wipe out; to exterminate
诛尽杀绝 zhū jìn shā jué to wipe out; to exterminate
诛锄 zhū chú to uproot; to eradicate (traitors)
诛锄异己 zhū chú yì jǐ to wipe out dissenters; to exterminate those who disagree
诛除 zhū chú to wipe out; to exterminate
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