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屠夫tú fū
butcher
Definitions
| Chinese > English | ||
| 屠夫 | túfū | |
| 1. n. (literal, dated) butcher (person who slaughters animals and sells their meat) | ||
| 2. n. (figurative) ruthless ruler | ||
| English > Chinese | ||
| butcher | ||
| 1. 屠夫，卖肉者 | ||
| Components | ||
| 屠 | tú | |
| 1. to slaughter livestock; to butcher livestock | ||
| 2. to massacre; to slaughter | ||
| 3. butcher | ||
| 屠 呦-呦 - Tu Youyou | ||
| 4. Only used in 休屠 | ||
| 夫 | fū | |
| 1. male adult; man | ||
| 2. The gate of the Sword Parapet stands firm on its frightful height.One man defending it, a thousand men could not break it open. | ||
| 3. , ref=(circa2, early 8th century, short=yes), Li Bai (lw, zh, 李白), lw, zh, s:zh:蜀道難 (李白), 蜀道難. Translated into the English as The Steep Road to Shuh by Shigeyoshi Obata (lang, ja, 小畑薫良), 1922. | ||
| 4. husband | ||
| 前夫 - ex-husband | ||
| 夫婦 - married couple | ||
| 5. manual worker | ||
| 農夫 - peasant | ||
| 漁夫 - fisherman | ||
| 6. conscripted laborer | ||
| 7. Variant of 伕 | ||
| 8. (Cantonese, informal, card games) full house | ||
| 伕 | fū | |
| 1. Alternative form of 夫 (common laborer) | ||
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Pronunciation
tú fū
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