虐
Meanings
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- 1.(bound form) brutal; oppressive; harsh
- 2.(literary) disaster; catastrophe
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Wiktionary
- 1.cruel; tyrannical; oppressive
- 2.to abuse; to maltreat
- 3.disaster; calamity, catastrophe
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Etymology
In the oracle bone script, an ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意): 虎 (“tiger”) + 人 (“person”) — a tiger about to eat a person. Meaning later extended to mean "cruel", "tyrannical". Possibly related to 謔 (OC *hŋawɢ, “to ridicule”) (Bodman, 1980)。
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Related words
虐待 to mistreat受虐 to suffer sexual abuse虐恋 painful love affair虐杀 to kill (or assault) sadistically完虐 to trounce; to convincingly defeat; to significantly outperform暴虐 brutal虐心 heartbreaking; tear-jerking残虐 cruel肆虐 to wreak havoc; to devastate凌虐 to maltreat; to tyrannize施虐 to torment; to abuse (an animal, child etc)施虐癖 sadism (fetish)