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
Measure word · 个
Examples
- ，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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