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Meaning of 渎

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(Trad.: 瀆)
Pinyin:
English Definition: disrespectful; (literary) ditch
Chinese Definition:
①水沟,小渠,亦泛指河川:沟渎。四渎(古代对中国“长江”、“黄河”、“淮河”、“济水”的合称)。
②轻慢,对人不恭敬:亵渎。渎职。烦渎。
Total strokes: 11; Radical:
Pictophonetic: indicates the sound; (water) conveys the meaning.
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Example Words
渎职 zhí wrongdoing; failure to do one's duty
亵渎 xiè to blaspheme; to profane
亵渎神明 xiè shén míng to blaspheme; to commit sacrilege
自渎 masturbation; to masturbate
贪渎 tān (of an official) corrupt and negligent of his duty
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Example Sentences
1
And when I tire of these impious jokes.
2
At this point cannibalism was considered atrocious and sacrilegious in the developed world.
3
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Of whom is Hymenaeus and Alexander; whom I have delivered unto Satan, that they may learn not to blaspheme.
4
Have we not all one Father? Has not one God created us? Why are we treacherous, each one to his brother, thus profaning the covenant of our fathers?
5
But seat two scoundrels opposite him and have them testify that he has cursed both God and the king.