nüè

(bound form) brutal; oppressive; harsh

(literary) disaster; catastrophe

tiger stripes (虍) + clawed grip (彐) = brutal oppression

A tiger crouches over a struggling creature pinned beneath its claws — the image of raw, crushing dominance. That predatory weight became the concept of brutality and oppression.

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A clawSemantic
Tiger head and stripesSemantic

他对待动物的方式十分残

tā duì dài dòng wù de fāng shì shí fēn cán nüè。

the way he treats animals is extremely cruel and brutal.

历史上,暴的统治者往往会被人民推翻。

lì shǐ shàng, bào nüè de tǒng zhì zhě wǎng wǎng huì bèi rén mín tuī fān。

throughout history, brutal rulers are often overthrown by the people.

Words with 虐

凌虐

líng nüè

to maltreat; to tyrannize

助纣为虐

zhù zhòu wéi nüè

lit. helping tyrant Zhou 商紂王|商纣王[Shang1 Zhou4 wang2] in his oppression (idiom)

受虐

shòu nüè

to suffer sexual abuse

受虐狂

shòu nüè kuáng

masochism

完虐

wán nüè

to trounce; to convincingly defeat; to significantly outperform

性虐待

xìng nüè dài

sexual abuse

施虐

shī nüè

to torment; to abuse (an animal, child etc)

施虐受虐

shī nüè shòu nüè

sado-masochism

施虐狂

shī nüè kuáng

sadism (psychiatry)

施虐癖

shī nüè pǐ

sadism (fetish)

施虐者

shī nüè zhě

abuser

暴虐

bào nüè

brutal

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