zhū 
		to put (a criminal) to death
to punish
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			tiān zhū 
		heavenly punishment
king's punishment
		 
		
		
														
		
		
					
				
		
			zhū miè 
		to wipe out
to exterminate
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			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.
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			zhū qiú 
		exorbitant demands
demanding with menaces
extortion
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			zú zhū 
		to execute all of sb's relatives (as punishment) (old)
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			zhū chú 
		to wipe out
to exterminate
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			zhū xīn zhī lùn 
		a devastating criticism
to expose hidden motives
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			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 莊子|庄子)
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			zhū chú 
		to uproot
to eradicate (traitors)
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			fǔ yuè zhī zhū 
		to die by battle-ax (idiom); to be executed
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			zhū qiú wú yǐ 
		to make endless exorbitant demands
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			zhū chú yì jǐ 
		to wipe out dissenters
to exterminate those who disagree
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			zhū jìn shā jué 
		to wipe out
to exterminate
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			zhū qiú wú yàn 
		incessant exorbitant demands
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			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 莊子|庄子)
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			zhū bào tǎo nì 
		to wipe out the villains (e.g. insurgents, or people of another race)
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Sūn Zhū 
		Sun Zhu (1711-1778), poet and compiler of Three hundred Tang dynasty poems 唐詩三百首|唐诗三百首[Tang2 shi1 san1 bai3 shou3]
also known by assumed name 蘅塘退士[Heng2 tang2 Tui4 shi4]
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			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.
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			kǒu zhū bǐ fá 
		to condemn in speech and in writing (idiom)
to denounce by word and pen
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			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 莊子|庄子)
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			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 莊子|庄子)
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			zhū jiǔ zú 
		to execute all of sb's relatives (as punishment) (old)