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Character · VerbTraditional戮

humiliate; kill

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Meanings

2 senses · 5 examples
1.

verb

to insult; to humiliate

archaic

Used in classical or literary Chinese. Rare in modern spoken language.

Shì士
kě可
shā杀
 ，
bù不
kě可
lù戮
 。

A scholar can be killed, but cannot be humiliated.

Rǔ辱
mà骂
yǔ与
lù戮
zé责
lìng令
tā他
wú无
dì地
zì自
róng容
 。

Insults and humiliating rebukes made him feel utterly ashamed.

2.

verb

to kill; to slaughter

archaic

Archaic variant of '戮'. Means to put to death, often in a punitive or collective context.

Zhōu周
Wǔ武
wáng王
fá伐
Zhòu纣
 ，
lù戮
qí其
shǒu首
è恶
 。

King Wu of Zhou attacked King Zhou, and killed the chief evildoers.

Shǐ史
liào料
jì记
zǎi载
le了
nà那
cì次
cán残
kù酷
de的
lù戮
fú俘
shì事
jiàn件
 。

Historical records document that cruel slaughter of prisoners of war.

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lù戮
lì力
tóng同
xīn心

to join forces and work as one (idiom; originally 'to join forces for killing', now means 'to unite in a common effort')