be executed; pay with one's life
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Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesverb
be executed for one's crimes; be put to death
literaryA formal, classical term referring to the punishment of execution, typically for a serious crime. It implies the criminal has been subdued (伏) and executed (诛).
Zhè这
ge个
pàn叛
guó国
zhě者
zhōng终
yú于
fú伏
zhū诛
。
The traitor was finally executed.
È恶
guàn贯
mǎn满
yíng盈
zhě者
，
dāng当
fú伏
zhū诛
yǐ以
xiè谢
tiān天
xià下
。
Those whose crimes are innumerable deserve to be executed to appease the public.
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Zài在
gǔ古
dài代
，
móu谋
nì逆
dà大
zuì罪
wǎng往
wǎng往
yì意
wèi味
zhe着
fú伏
zhū诛
。
In ancient times, the crime of treason often meant execution.