Definition
刽子手 literally refers to a person whose job is to execute condemned criminals, especially by beheading in imperial China. It carries a strong negative connotation and is used figuratively to describe someone who kills indiscriminately or brutally, like a 'butcher' or 'slaughterer' in war or crime contexts.
n.
executionerheadsman(figurative) indiscriminate murdererbutcher
Examples
- ，刽子手。Zài gǔdài, guì zi shǒu shì yì zhǒng cánkù de zhíyè.In ancient times, executioners were a cruel profession.
- 刽子手。Nàge zhànzhēng zhōng de díjūn chéng le túshā píngmín de guì zi shǒu.In that war, the enemy army became the butchers slaughtering civilians.
- ，刽子手。Tā duì wúgū zhě de shānghài, jiǎnzhí jiù xiàng guì zi shǒu yíyàng cánrěn.His harm to the innocent was as cruel as an executioner.
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