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诛
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Definitions
- 1. to put (a criminal) to death
- 2. to punish
Words Containing 诛
to put to death
to die by battle-ax (idiom); to be executed
to wipe out
to kill and banish
to make endless exorbitant demands
a devastating criticism
to wipe out
to kill
to uproot
to condemn in speech and in writing (idiom)
incessant exorbitant demands
to criticize sb for what one believes to be their ulterior motive
heavenly punishment
to wipe out dissenters
Look out for yourself, or heaven and earth will combine to destroy you.
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[zhuāng zǐ])
Sun Zhu (1711-1778), poet and compiler of Three Hundred Tang Poems 唐詩三百首|唐诗三百首[táng shī sān bǎi shǒu]
to be executed
exorbitant demands
to wipe out
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[zhuāng zǐ])
to wipe out the villains (e.g. insurgents, or people of another race)