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慘戮

简惨戮 · 繁慘戮

Mandarin · pinyin cǎn lù

(literary) to massacre; to slaughter; to brutally kill

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戮: lù · kill, massacre; oppress
惨: cǎn · sad, pitiful, wretched; cruel

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3–4 · can3 lu4

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