Word information
Simplified斧钺之诛
Traditional斧鉞之誅
Pinyinfǔ yuè zhī zhū
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Chinese word dictionary
斧钺之诛
fǔ yuè zhī zhū · to die by battle-ax (idiom); to be executed
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after; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then
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之前zhīqiánbefore; prior to; ago; previously; beforehand
之中zhīzhōnginside; among; in the midst of (doing sth); during
总之zǒngzhīin a word; in short; in brief
之所以zhīsuǒyǐ(after a noun N and before a predicate P) the reason why N P; Example: 我之所以討厭他|我之所以讨厌他[wo3 zhi1 suo3 yi3 tao3 yan4 ta1] "the reason why I dislike him (is ...)"