| 诅咒 | zǔ zhòu | to curse | |
| 咒骂 | zhòu mà | to damn; to curse; to revile | |
| 咒语 | zhòu yǔ | incantation; spell; enchantment; curse | |
| 紧箍咒 | jǐn gū zhòu | the Band-tightening Spell (in 西游记 ); a spell or incantation for controlling sb | |
| 念咒 | niàn zhòu | to chant a magic spell; to recite incantations |
| 1 | Cursed be their anger, so fierce, and their fury, so cruel! | |
| 2 | Like I told you all,kissing a princess breaks the spell. | |
| 3 | The killing curse hadn't worked and had rebounded against him. | |
| 4 | He cursed himself again for getting involved, but it was toolate to walk away now. | |
| 5 | Perhaps you have experienced one or more of these curses of the analytical thinker yourself. |