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誅

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Mandarin · pinyin zhū

to put (a criminal) to death
to punish

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诛: zhū · execute, kill, put to death; punish

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Cantonese word readings for 誅. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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verb

to execute; to kill; to put to death
to punish
to censure; to blame
(Cantonese, mahjong) to discard tiles such that the next player cannot improve their hand

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