刽子手 (guì zi shǒu) — executioner; headsman; (figurative) indiscriminate murderer; butcher

Definition

Literally the person who wields the executioner's blade (刽子 = executioner as a compound, 手 = one who does it). Today mostly used figuratively to call someone a butcher who kills without mercy.

noun
executionerheadsman(figurative) indiscriminate murdererbutcher
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Beispiele

  • 刽子手
    Zài gǔ dài, guì zi shǒu shì yì zhǒng cán kù de zhí yè.
    In ancient times, executioners were a cruel profession.
  • 刽子手
    Nà ge zhàn zhēng zhōng de dí jūn chéng le tú shā píng mín de guì zi shǒu.
    In that war, the enemy army became the butchers slaughtering civilians.
  • 刽子手
    Tā duì wú gū zhě de shāng hài, jiǎn zhí jiù xiàng guì zi shǒu yí yàng cán rěn.
    His harm to the innocent was as cruel as an executioner.
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