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The character 屠 is a phono-semantic compound where the upper semantic radical 尸 (shī), meaning corpse or body, relates to bodily remains. The lower component 者 (zhě) serves as the phonetic element. Originally, the character meant slaughtering livestock for meat, linking the body radical to animal carcasses. It also came to denote the profession of a butcher. Later, the meaning extended to describe mass killing or massacre, applying the concept of processing bodies to the large-scale destruction of human life.
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屠夫在市场上卖肉。
屠宰场每天处理很多动物。
屠户的刀非常锋利。
历史上发生过多次大屠杀。
战争期间，军队屠杀了无辜的平民。
这家公司垄断市场，犹如屠夫宰羊。
屠城事件是古代战争中最残酷的行为之一。
环保组织抗议过度屠宰野生动物。