zhòu

common
verb

Meaning of 赌咒

赌咒 means to swear an oath; to make a vow invoking punishment if broken. Pronounced dǔ zhòu.

  • to swear an oath; to make a vow invoking punishment if broken

Definitions & Examples

zhòu
shì
shuō
qián
shì
tōu
de
 

He swore an oath that he didn't steal that money.

Wèi
le
ràng
zi
xiāng
xìn
 
shèn
zhì
zhòu
shuō
guǒ
huǎng
jiù
tiān
léi
 

To make his wife believe him, he even swore that if he lied, he would be struck by lightning.

Liǎng
rén
shéi
dōu
 
zuì
hòu
zhǐ
hǎo
xiāng
zhòu
lái
zhèng
míng
qīng
bái
 

Neither of them would back down, so in the end they had to swear oaths to prove their innocence.

Bié
dòng
dòng
jiù
zhòu
 
tóu
sān
chǐ
yǒu
shén
míng
 

Don't swear oaths so recklessly; the gods are watching.