桀

jié
  1. (emperor of Xia dynasty)
  2. cruel

CEDICT

  1. Jie of Xia, an ancient emperor
  2. alternative form of 傑 /杰 (jié, “outstanding; hero”)
  3. chicken roost
  4. fierce; brutal; cruel
  5. to lift; to raise; to shoulder; to bear

Wiktionary

  1. 雞棲息的小木樁。
  2. 才能俊異特出的人。
  3. 人名。夏朝最末的君王，非常凶狠殘暴。參見「夏桀」條。
  4. 姓。如春秋時楚國有桀溺。
  5. 凶暴。
  6. 擔荷、負舉。

重編國語辭典

Containing this entry

桀王 Jié Wáng King Jie, the final ruler of the Xia dynasty (until c. 1600 BC), a notoriously cruel and immoral tyrant
桀貪驁詐 jiétānàozhà brutal, greedy, arrogant and deceitful (idiom)
桀紂 jiézhòu
桀驁 jié'ào
夏桀 Xiàjié

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太残忍了。

That's very cruel.

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