诛 (誅) zhū

1. zhū verb to execute; to put to death
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 杀戮 (CC-CEDICT '誅'; Guoyu '誅' v 2; Kroll 2015 '誅' 2 , p. 616; Unihan '誅'; XHZD '诛' 1, p. 992)
2. zhū verb to punish
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 惩罚 (CC-CEDICT '誅'; Guoyu '誅' v 4; Kroll 2015 '誅' 1b , p. 616; Unihan '誅'; XHZD '诛' 2, p. 992)
3. zhū verb to denounce; to condemn
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 责备 or 谴责 (Guoyu '誅' v 5; Kroll 2015 '誅' 1 , p. 616; XHZD '诛' 2, p. 992)
4. zhū verb to attack
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 讨伐 (Guoyu '誅' v 1; Kroll 2015 '誅' 1a , p. 616)
5. zhū verb to remove; to dispel
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 消除 (Guoyu '誅' v 3; Kroll 2015 '誅' 2a , p. 616)
6. zhū verb to extract from; to exact
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '誅' v 6; Kroll 2015 '誅' 3 , p. 616)

Contained in

• 诛九族(誅九族) to execute all of somebody's relatives (as punishment)
• 天诛(天誅) heavenly punishment; king's punishment
• 进义诛恶(進義誅惡) advance righteousness and punish evil
• 诛求无厌(誅求無厭) incessant exorbitant demands
• 征诛(征誅) to exterminate [rebels] through military focre
• 族诛(族誅) to execute all of somebody's relatives
• 诛暴(誅暴) punish lawlessness
• 诛戮(誅戮) o put to death
• 诛尽杀绝(誅盡殺絕) to wipe out; to exterminate
• 诛锄异己(誅鋤異己) to wipe out dissenters; to exterminate those who disagree
• 窃钩者诛，窃国者侯(竊鉤者誅，竊國者侯) steal a hook and they hang you, steal the whole country and they make you a prince
• 诛灭(誅滅) to wipe out; to exterminate
• 诛暴讨逆(誅暴討逆) to wipe out the villains (e.g. insurgents, or people of another race)
• 窃国者侯，窃钩者诛(竊國者侯，竊鉤者誅) steal the whole country and they make you a prince, steal a hook and they hang you
• 诛求(誅求) exorbitant demands; demanding with menaces; extortion
• 车裂之诛(車裂之誅) the punishment of being torn apart by chariots
• 人不为己，天诛地灭(人不為己，天誅地滅) Look out for yourself, or heaven and earth will combine to destroy you.
• 诛讨(誅討) to punish
• 斧钺之诛(斧鉞之誅) to be executed
• 诛杀(誅殺) to kill; to murder
• 口诛笔伐(口誅筆伐) to condemn in speech and in writing; to denounce by word and pen
• 宜诛讨(宜誅討) deserve to be punished
• 谋诛(謀誅) schemed [their] destruction
• 诛求无已(誅求無已) to make endless exorbitant demands
• 诛除(誅除) to wipe out; to exterminate
• 诛锄(誅鋤) to uproot; to eradicate (traitors)
• 诛心之论(誅心之論) a devastating criticism; to expose hidden motives
• 诛流(誅流) to kill and banish

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孙诛

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Truncated for common words

• 卷十三 志第三 天文下 Volume 13 Treatises 3: Astronomy Part Three Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 45
• 卷五十九 列傳第二十九 汝南王亮 楚王瑋 趙王倫 齊王冏 長沙王乂 成都王潁 河間王顒 東海王越 Volume 59 Biographies 29: Liang, Prince Wencheng of Ru'nan; Wei, Prince Yin of Chu; Lun, Prince of Zhao; Jiong, Prince of Qi; Ai, Prince of Changsha; Ying, Prince of Chengdu; Yong, Prince of Hejian; Yue, Prince Xiaoxian of Donghai Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 43
• 卷21　志第16 天文下 Volume 21 Treatises 16: Astronomy 3 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 42
• 卷四十四 Scroll 44 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 38
• 卷九十五 西南夷兩粵朝鮮傳 Volume 95: Traditions of the Southwest Yi peoples, the two Yues, and Chosun (Korea) Book of Han 漢書 — count: 33
• 卷二十六 志第十六 天文四 Volume 26 Treatises 16: Astronomy 4 Book of Song 宋書 — count: 32
• 卷二十八 魏書二十八 王毌丘諸葛鄧鍾傳 Volume 28: Book of Wei 28 - Biographies of Wang, Guanqiu, Zhuge, Deng and Zhong Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志 — count: 30
• 卷二十七中之下 五行志 Volume 27c: Treatise on the Five Elements 3 Book of Han 漢書 — count: 27
• 《秦始皇本紀》 Annals of Qin Shi Huang Records of the Grand Historian 史記 — count: 27
• 卷六 魏書六 董二袁劉傳 Volume 6: Book of Wei 6 - Biographies of Dong, the two Yuans, and Liu Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志 — count: 27

Collocations

• 诛赏 (誅賞) 則大計群吏之治而誅賞之 — Rites of Zhou 周禮, 天官冢宰 第一 1. Office of the Heaven and Prime Minister — count: 14
• 诛罚 (誅罰) 儥慝者而誅罰之 — Rites of Zhou 周禮, 地官司徒 第二 2. Office of Earth and Minster of Education and Social Welfare — count: 9
• 禁诛 (禁誅) 殺僇禁誅謂之法 — Guanzi 管子, 心術上第三十六 Chapter 36: Scheming I — count: 4
• 严诛 (嚴誅) 數省而嚴誅 — Guanzi 管子, 小問第五十一 Chapter 51: Minor Questions — count: 3
• 轻诛 (輕誅) 猛毅之君者輕誅 — Guanzi 管子, 法法第十六 Chapter 16: Fa Fa — count: 3
• 欲诛 (欲誅) 故欲誅于祝史 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 3
• 诛罪人 (誅罪人) 誅罪人 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷十八　人間訓 Chapter 18: The Human World — count: 3
• 妄诛 (妄誅) 則是上妄誅也 — Guanzi 管子, 法法第十六 Chapter 16: Fa Fa — count: 3
• 重诛 (重誅) 懦弱之君者重誅 — Guanzi 管子, 法法第十六 Chapter 16: Fa Fa — count: 3
• 加诛 (加誅) 而天加誅焉 — Mozi 墨子, 卷十三 魯問 Book 13 - Lu's Question — count: 3