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- to slaughter; to butcher; to kill (animals etc)
- (coll.) to fleece; to rip off; to overcharge
- (bound form) to govern; to rule
- (bound form) (a title for certain government officials in ancient China)
Trad. 殺牛宰羊
- slaughter the cattle and butcher the sheep
- to prepare a big feast (idiom)
Trad. 殺豬宰羊
- to kill the pigs and slaughter the sheep (idiom)
Trad. 殺雞宰鵝
- kill the chickens and butcher the geese (idiom)
Trad. 鐵血宰相
- Iron Chancellor, refers to Otto von Bismarck (1815-1898), Prussian politician, minister-president of Prussia 1862-1873, Chancellor of Germany 1871-1890
- to get trampled on (idiom)
- to be taken advantage of
Trad. 宰予晝寢
- Zai Yu sleeps by day (idiom); refers to story in Analects of Confucius remonstrating bitterly with his student for sleeping during lectures
