诛 (誅)
zhū
Pinyin

Definition

诛 (誅)
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zhū
  1. to put (a criminal) to death
  2. to punish

Character Decomposition

Related Words (3)

天诛
tiān zhū
  1. 1 heavenly punishment
  2. 2 king's punishment
诛杀
zhū shā
  1. 1 to kill
  2. 2 to murder
诛灭
zhū miè
  1. 1 to wipe out
  2. 2 to exterminate

Idioms (4)

口诛笔伐
kǒu zhū bǐ fá
  1. 1 to condemn in speech and in writing (idiom)
  2. 2 to denounce by word and pen
斧钺之诛
fǔ yuè zhī zhū
  1. 1 to die by battle-ax (idiom); to be executed
窃国者侯，窃钩者诛
qiè guó zhě hóu , qiè gōu zhě zhū
  1. 1 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
  1. 1 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)