弑父 (shì fù) — (verb-object) to commit patricide, to murder one's own father
Definition
弑父 is a formal, literary verb-object phrase meaning 'to murder one's own father', almost always used in historical or narrative writing — not in everyday speech.
verb
(verb-object) to commit patricideto murder one's own father
Examples
- ，弑父。Zhè wèi guó jūn wèi le duó qǔ wáng wèi, jìng rán shì fù duó wèi.This monarch actually killed his father to seize the throne.
- 弑父。Lì shǐ shàng jì zǎi le bù shǎo shì fù de gù shi.History records quite a few stories of patricide.
- ，。Tā shì le fù, zhōng shēn bēi fù zhe liáng xīn de qiǎn zé.He killed his father and carried the guilt on his conscience for life.
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