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大屠殺

简大屠杀 · 繁大屠殺

Mandarin · pinyin dà tú shā

massacre; mass slaughter

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大: dà · big, great, vast, large, high
屠: tú · butcher, slaughter, massacre
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杀: shā · kill, slaughter, murder; hurt

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4–2–1 · da4 tu2 sha1

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noun

massacre; pogrom

name

(historical) the Holocaust

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