chì

to blame

to reprove; to reprimand; to expel; to oust; to reconnoiter; (of territory) to expand; saline marsh

axe (斤) + strike mark (丶) = reprimand and expel

An axe raised and a mark of force: the image is of driving someone out with sharp authority. The dot intensifies the strike, making the reproof physical and final.

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AxeSemantic

老师当众责了那个说谎的学生。

lǎo shī dāng zhòng chì zé le nà gè shuō huǎng de xué shēng。

The teacher publicly reprimanded the student who had lied.

他被上司严厉退,不得不离开会议室。

tā bèi shàng sī yán lì chì tuì,bù dé bù lí kāi huì yì shì。

He was sternly dismissed by his superior and had no choice but to leave the meeting room.

Words with 斥

充斥

chōng chì

to be full of

鄙斥

bǐ chì

(literary) to censure

驳斥

bó chì

to refute

互斥

hù chì

mutually exclusive

同性相斥

tóng xìng xiāng chì

like polarities repel each other

呵斥

hē chì

to berate; to excoriate; to chide

喝斥

hè chì

see 呵斥[he1 chi4]

嗔斥

chēn chì

to rebuke

严斥

yán chì

to scold

弹斥

tán chì

accuse and criticize

怒斥

nù chì

to angrily rebuke

拒斥

jù chì

to reject

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