宰割
zǎi gē
Pinyin

Definition

宰割
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zǎi gē
  1. to slaughter
  2. (fig.) to ride roughshod over
  3. to take advantage of (others)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

主宰
zhǔ zǎi
  1. 1 to dominate
  2. 2 to rule
  3. 3 to dictate
  4. 4 master
割
gē
  1. 1 to cut
  2. 2 to cut apart
分割
fēn gē
  1. 1 to cut up
  2. 2 to break up
切割
qiē gē
  1. 1 to cut
割爱
gē ài
  1. 1 to part with sth cherished
  2. 2 to forsake
割舍
gē shě
  1. 1 to give up
  2. 2 to part with
割断
gē duàn
  1. 1 to cut off
  2. 2 to sever
宰
zǎi
  1. 1 to slaughter livestock
  2. 2 to govern or rule
  3. 3 to cheat customers
  4. 4 imperial official in dynastic China
宰割
zǎi gē
  1. 1 to slaughter
  2. 2 (fig.) to ride roughshod over
  3. 3 to take advantage of (others)
宰杀
zǎi shā
  1. 1 to slaughter
  2. 2 to butcher
  3. 3 to put down
宰相
zǎi xiàng
  1. 1 prime minister (in feudal China)
屠宰场
tú zǎi chǎng
  1. 1 slaughterhouse
  2. 2 abattoir
心如刀割
xīn rú dāo gē
  1. 1 to feel as if having one's heart cut out (idiom)
  2. 2 to be torn with grief
收割
shōu gē
  1. 1 to harvest
  2. 2 to reap
  3. 3 to gather in crops
阉割
yān gē
  1. 1 to castrate
  2. 2 fig. to emasculate
主宰者
zhǔ zǎi zhě
  1. 1 ruler
交割
jiāo gē
  1. 1 delivery (commerce)
割伤
gē shāng
  1. 1 to gash
  2. 2 to cut
  3. 3 gash
  4. 4 cut
割取
gē qǔ
  1. 1 to cut off
割据
gē jù
  1. 1 to set up an independent regime
  2. 2 to secede
  3. 3 segmentation
  4. 4 division
  5. 5 fragmentation

Idioms (9)

任人宰割
rèn rén zǎi gē
  1. 1 to get trampled on (idiom)
  2. 2 to be taken advantage of
割股疗亲
gē gǔ liǎo qīn
  1. 1 to cut flesh from one's thigh to nourish a sick parent (idiom)
  2. 2 filial thigh-cutting
割袍断义
gē páo duàn yì
  1. 1 to rip one's robe as a sign of repudiating a sworn brotherhood (idiom)
  2. 2 to break all friendly ties
割鸡焉用牛刀
gē jī yān yòng niú dāo
  1. 1 lit. why use a pole-ax to slaughter a chicken? (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to waste effort on a trifling matter
  3. 3 also written 殺雞焉用牛刀|杀鸡焉用牛刀[shā jī yān yòng niú dāo]
宰予昼寝
Zǎi Yǔ zhòu qǐn
  1. 1 Zai Yu sleeps by day (idiom); refers to story in Analects of Confucius remonstrating bitterly with his student for sleeping during lectures
心如刀割
xīn rú dāo gē
  1. 1 to feel as if having one's heart cut out (idiom)
  2. 2 to be torn with grief
杀牛宰羊
shā niú zǎi yáng
  1. 1 slaughter the cattle and butcher the sheep
  2. 2 to prepare a big feast (idiom)
杀猪宰羊
shā zhū zǎi yáng
  1. 1 to kill the pigs and slaughter the sheep (idiom)
杀鸡宰鹅
shā jī zǎi é
  1. 1 kill the chickens and butcher the geese (idiom)

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