屠夫

túfū
  1. butcher
  2. fig. murderous dictator

CEDICT

  1. (figurative) ruthless ruler; butcher (brutal or indiscriminate killer)
  2. (literal, dated) butcher (person who slaughters animals and sells their meat)
  3. butcher (person who slaughters animals and sells their meat)
  4. ruthless ruler; butcher (brutal or indiscriminate killer)

Wiktionary

宰杀牲畜的人，亦指杀人无数的人。

重編國語辭典

  1. 屠户（宰杀牲畜的职业）
  2. 残杀人民的人

維基詞典

Entry Composition

1 屠 tú
  1. to slaughter (animals for food)
  2. to massacre
2 夫 fū
  1. husband
  2. man
  3. manual worker
  4. conscripted laborer (old)

Containing this entry

死了张屠夫，不吃混毛猪 sǐle Zhāngtúfū,bùchīhùnmáozhū
  1. lit. just because Zhang the butcher dies, doesn't mean we'll have to eat pork mixed with bristles (idiom)
  2. fig. nobody is indispensable

Related entries

屠伯 túbó
  1. butcher
  2. fig. brutal killer
屠户 túhù butcher
肉贩 ròufàn butcher
肉商 ròushāng
  1. meat merchant
  2. butcher