guì​zi​shǒu

executioner

Senses

刽子手/ 劊子手 guì​zi​shǒu (also kuài​zi​shǒu) executioner

(historical) a person whose profession was to carry out the death penalty, especially by beheading; headsman

刽子手/ 劊子手 guì​zi​shǒu (also kuài​zi​shǒu) butcher

a person who carries out a massacre or acts with extreme cruelty; slaughterer; murderer

References

classifier 刽子手/劊子手 个/個
synonym 刀斧手/刀斧手 刽子手/劊子手