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屠

tú

Character

What 屠 means

to slaughter (animals for food)
to massacre

Example sentences

屠夫的刀子在抽屉里

Túfū de dāozi zài chōuti lǐ

The butcher knife is in the drawer.
屠夫的刀子在抽屉里。

The butcher's knife is in the drawer.
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.
评论员对巫巫兹拉的声音作出了各种各样的描述：除了“烦人”、“像魔鬼一般”之外，还把它比作“一群嘈吵的大象”、“一群嗡嗡狂叫的蝗虫”、“一只准备给屠宰的山羊”、“一个装满发狂的蜜蜂的巨大蜂巢”、“一只吃了摇头丸的鸭子”等等。

Pínglùn yuán duì wū wū zī lā de shēngyīn zuòchū le gèzhǒnggèyàng de miáoshù: chúle “ fánrén ”,“ xiàng móguǐ yībān ” zhīwài, hái bǎ tā bǐzuò “ yī qún cáo chǎo de dàxiàng ”,“ yī qún wēngwēng kuáng jiào de huángchóng ”,“ yī zhī zhǔnbèi gěi túzǎi de shānyáng ”,“ yī gè zhuāngmǎn fākuáng de mìfēng de jùdà fēngcháo ”,“ yī zhī chī le yáotóuwán de yāzi ” děngděng.

Commentators have variously described the sound of vuvuzelas as "annoying" and "satanic" and compared it with "a stampede of noisy elephants", "a deafening swarm of locusts", "a goat on the way to slaughter", "a giant hive full of very angry bees", and "a duck on speed".

Words starting with 屠

Words containing 屠

Characters built on 者

These share the phonetic component 者 (zhě), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

Characters that look like 屠

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

Sounds the same

Read tú, tone for tone, but written differently.

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