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屠杀

tú shā

2-character word Traditional 屠殺

What 屠杀 means

1. to massacre; to slaughter

The characters in 屠杀

• 屠túto slaughter (animals for food); to massacre
• 杀shāto kill; to slay; to murder; to attack; to weaken; to reduce; (dialect) to smart

Example sentences

• 汤姆在网上免费为政府写宣传，但他在他的家乡被政府屠杀时哭了。
  Tāngmǔ zài wǎngshàng miǎnfèi wèi zhèngfǔ xiě xuānchuán, dàn tā zài tā de jiāxiāng bèi zhèngfǔ túshā shí kū le.
  Tom wrote propaganda online without pay for the government, but cried when everyone in his hometown was massacred by the government.
• 许多自然环境保护主义者担心持续屠杀鲸鱼正推动这些动物走向灭绝。
  Xǔduō zìrán huánjìng bǎohù zhǔyì zhě dānxīn chíxù túshā jīngyú zhèng tuīdòng zhèxiē dòngwù zǒuxiàng mièjué.
  Many conservationists fear the continuing slaughter of whales is pushing these animals towards extinction.
• 被突袭后宣告战争是可以预想的，但用炸弹屠杀万人以上的平民却是前所未闻的。
  Declaring war after a surprise attack is to be expected, but killing over ten thousand non-combatants with a bomb is something unheard of.

Words containing 屠杀

• 南京大屠杀Nán jīng Dà tú shāthe Nanjing Massacre (1937-38)
• 大屠杀dà tú shāmassacre; mass slaughter