大屠杀

大屠殺

dàtúshā

noun #7,730

Meanings

1 massacre; slaughter
2 genocide; holocaust

Characters

to slaughter; to massacre

Examples

HSK 4

我们不能忘记历史上的大屠杀。

Wǒmen bùnéng wàngjì lìshǐ shàng de dàtúshā.

We must not forget the massacres in history.

HSK 7-9

南京大屠杀是中国历史上最惨痛的事件之一。

Nánjīng Dàtúshā shì Zhōngguó lìshǐ shàng zuì cǎntòng de shìjiàn zhīyī.

The Nanjing Massacre is one of the most tragic events in Chinese history.

Tips

history

南京大屠杀 (Nanjing Massacre, 1937) is one of the most significant references for this word in Chinese. December 13 is the national memorial day. The term is also used for the Holocaust: 犹太人大屠杀.

In Pop Culture

南京大屠杀 Nánjīng Dàtúshā

Nanjing Massacre

Mass atrocity committed by Japanese forces in Nanjing in December 1937

Stroke Order

大 dà

屠 tú

杀 shā