族誅

族诛
zúzhū
to execute all of sb's relatives (as punishment) (old)

CEDICT

  1. (historical) to execute all of somebody's relatives (as a punishment)
  2. to execute all of somebody's relatives (as a punishment)

Wiktionary

因一人有罪而導致整個家族被誅滅。

重編國語辭典

old

Entry Composition

1 族 zú
  1. race
  2. nationality
  3. ethnicity
  4. clan
  5. by extension, social group (e.g. office workers 上班族)
2 誅 zhū
  1. to put (a criminal) to death
  2. to punish

Related entries

族滅 zúmiè to execute all of sb's relatives (as punishment) (old)
誅九族 zhūjiǔzú to execute all of sb's relatives (as punishment) (old)