| 诛 | zhū | to put (a criminal) to death; to punish |
人不为己，
天诛地灭 | rén bù wèi jǐ ,
tiān zhū dì miè | Look out for yourself, or heaven and earth will combine to destroy you.; Every man for himself, and the Devil take the hindmost. |
| 伏诛 | fú zhū | to be executed |
| 天诛 | tiān zhū | heavenly punishment; king's punishment |
| 孙诛 | Sūn Zhū | Sun Zhu (1711-1778), poet and compiler of Three hundred Tang dynasty poems 唐诗三百首; also known by assumed name 蘅塘退士 |
| 斧钺之诛 | fǔ yuè zhī zhū | to die by battle-ax (idiom); to be executed |
| 族诛 | zú zhū | to execute all of sb's relatives (as punishment) (old) |
窃国者侯，
窃钩者诛 | qiè guó zhě hóu ,
qiè gōu zhě zhū | steal the whole country and they make you a prince, steal a hook and they hang you (idiom, from Daoist classic Zhuangzi 庄子) |
窃钩者诛，
窃国者侯 | qiè gōu zhě zhū ,
qiè guó zhě hóu | steal a hook and they hang you, steal the whole country and they make you a prince (idiom, from Daoist classic Zhuangzi 庄子) |
| 诛心之论 | zhū xīn zhī lùn | a devastating criticism; to expose hidden motives |
| 诛戮 | zhū lù | to put to death |
| 诛暴讨逆 | zhū bào tǎo nì | to wipe out the villains (e.g. insurgents, or people of another race) |
| 诛杀 | zhū shā | to kill; to murder |
| 诛求 | zhū qiú | exorbitant demands; demanding with menaces; extortion |
| 诛求无厌 | zhū qiú wú yàn | incessant exorbitant demands |
| 诛求无已 | zhū qiú wú yǐ | to make endless exorbitant demands |
| 诛流 | zhū liú | to kill and banish |
| 诛灭 | zhū miè | to wipe out; to exterminate |
| 诛尽杀绝 | zhū jìn shā jué | to wipe out; to exterminate |
| 诛锄 | zhū chú | to uproot; to eradicate (traitors) |
| 诛锄异己 | zhū chú yì jǐ | to wipe out dissenters; to exterminate those who disagree |
| 诛除 | zhū chú | to wipe out; to exterminate |
