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斧钺之诛

fǔ yuè zhī zhū

4-character word Traditional 斧鉞之誅

What 斧钺之诛 means

1. to die by battle-ax (idiom); to be executed

The characters in 斧钺之诛

• 斧fǔhatchet
• 钺yuèbattle-ax
• 之zhī(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的; him; her
• 诛zhūto put (a criminal) to death; to punish

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