be executed
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesverb
(of a criminal) to be executed; to have capital punishment carried out
formalSpecifically refers to the carrying out of a death penalty sentence. Used in formal, legal, or official contexts. The subject is the criminal, not the executioner.
Zuì罪
fàn犯
yǐ已
yú于
zuó昨
tiān天
fú伏
fǎ法
。
The criminal was executed yesterday.
Zài在
zhèng证
jù据
què确
záo凿
zhī之
xià下
，
shā杀
rén人
fàn犯
zuì最
zhōng终
fú伏
fǎ法
。
With irrefutable evidence, the murderer was finally executed.
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Jīng经
guò过
duō多
nián年
shàng上
sù诉
，
zhè这
míng名
zhǔ主
fàn犯
zhōng终
yú于
fú伏
fǎ法
。
After years of appeals, this principal offender was finally executed.