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诛九族
zhū​jiǔ​zú

to execute all relatives

Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
  1. 诛 誅 zhū
    to execute
    (bound form) to put a criminal to death; to kill
  2. 九族 jiǔ​zú
    nine degrees of kinship
    The nine generations of direct relatives, including oneself, four generations above (father through great-great-grandfather), and four generations below (son through great-great-grandson); sometimes includes relatives from the mother's and wife's families.
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