咸劉

Chinese

		completely	kill
trad. (咸劉)		咸	劉
simp. (咸刘)		咸	刘

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiánliú

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄌㄧㄡˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiánliú
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄌㄧㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siánlióu
    • Wade–Giles: hsien²-liu²
    • Yale: syán-lyóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyanliou
    • Palladius: сяньлю (sjanʹlju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn³⁵ li̯oʊ̯³⁵/

Verb

咸劉

1. (literary) to exterminate, to slay

   • 武王惟茲四人尚迪有祿。後暨武王誕將天威，咸劉厥敵。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     武王惟兹四人尚迪有禄。后暨武王诞将天威，咸刘厥敌。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Book of Documents, circa 4^th – 3^rd century BCE

     Wǔwáng wéi zī sìrén shàng dí yǒu lù. Hòu jì Wǔwáng dàn jiāng tiānwēi, xiánliú jué dí. [Pinyin]

     There were still four of those men who led on King Wu [of Zhou] to the possession of the revenues of the kingdom, and afterwards, along with him, in great reverence of the majesty of Heaven, slew all his enemies.