blood debt; crime of massacre
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Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesnoun
blood debt; crime of massacre; atrocities committed against innocent people
formalTypically used in formal, historical, or political contexts to describe mass killings or atrocities. Often collocates with verbs like 偿还 (pay back) or adjectives like 累累 (countless).
Qīn侵
lüè略
zhě者
zài在
zhè这
piàn片
tǔ土
dì地
shàng上
xuè血
zhài债
lěi累
lěi累
。
The invaders accumulated countless blood debts on this land.
Zhèng正
yì义
zhōng终
jiāng将
ràng让
zhàn战
fàn犯
cháng偿
huán还
xuè血
zhài债
。
Justice will eventually make the war criminals pay their blood debts.
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Cūn村
mín民
men们
fā发
shì誓
yào要
xuè血
zhài债
xuè血
cháng偿
。
The villagers swore that blood debts must be paid in blood.