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Definitions

  1. 1. to slaughter (animals for food)
  2. 2. to massacre

Words Containing 屠

屠毒笔墨
tú dú bǐ mò

poisonous writing

七级浮屠
qī jí fú tú

seven floor pagoda

倚天屠龙记
yǐ tiān tú lóng jì

Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber, wuxia (武俠|武侠[wǔ xiá], martial arts chivalry) novel by Jin Yong 金庸[jīn yōng] and its screen adaptations

屠毒
tú dú

poison

屠户
tú hù

butcher

救人一命胜造七级浮屠
jiù rén yī mìng shèng zào qī jí fú tú

saving a life is more meritorious than building a seven-floor pagoda (idiom)

屠戮
tú lù

slaughter

大屠杀
dà tú shā

massacre; mass slaughter

屠刀
tú dāo

butcher's knife

南京大屠杀
nán jīng dà tú shā

the Nanjing Massacre (1937-38)

死了张屠夫,不吃混毛猪
sǐ le zhāng tú fū , bù chī hùn máo zhū

lit. just because Zhang the butcher dies, doesn't mean we'll have to eat pork mixed with bristles (idiom)

屠城
tú chéng

to massacre everyone in a captured city

屠夫
tú fū

butcher

屠妖节
tú yāo jié

Deepavali (Hindu festival)

屠杀
tú shā

to massacre; to slaughter

南京大屠杀事件
nán jīng dà tú shā shì jiàn

The Rape of Nanking (1997 documentary book by Iris Chang 張純如|张纯如[zhāng chún rú])

屠宰
tú zǎi

to slaughter

婆罗浮屠
pó luó fú tú

Borobudur (in Java, Indonesia)

屠场
tú chǎng

slaughterhouse

屠宰场
tú zǎi chǎng

slaughterhouse

屠伯
tú bó

butcher

放下屠刀,立地成佛
fàng xià tú dāo , lì dì chéng fó

lay down butcher's knife, become a Buddha on the spot (idiom); instant rehabilitation

屠格涅夫
tú gé niè fū

Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev (1818-1883), Russian novelist

再屠现金
zài tú xiàn jīn

cash in transit (accountancy)

浮屠
fú tú

Buddha