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

宰殺牲畜的人，亦指殺人無數的人。

重編國語辭典

  1. 屠戶（宰殺牲畜的職業）
  2. 殘殺人民的人

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

死了張屠夫，不吃混毛豬 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
屠戶 túhù butcher
肉販 ròufàn butcher
肉商 ròushāng
  1. meat merchant
  2. butcher