zhū
Traditional: 誅
诛 (zhū) is a Chinese word meaning “to put (a criminal) to death; to punish”.
Meanings
- 1to put (a criminal) to death
- 2to punish
Related words
口诛笔伐to condemn in speech and in writing (idiom)人不为己，天诛地灭Look out for yourself, or heaven and earth will combine to destroy you.伏诛to be executed天诛heavenly punishment斧钺之诛to die by battle-ax (idiom); to be executed族诛to execute all of sb's relatives (as punishment) (old)窃国者侯，窃钩者诛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[Zhuang1 zi3])窃钩者诛，窃国者侯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[Zhuang1 zi3])诛九族to execute all of sb's relatives (as punishment) (old)诛尽杀绝to wipe out诛心to criticize sb for what one believes to be their ulterior motive诛心之论a devastating criticism