宰

宰 in English

zǎi verb: to slaughter / to butcher / to kill (animals etc) / (coll.) to fleece / to rip off / to overcharge / (bound form) to govern / to rule / (bound form) (a title for certain government officials in ancient China)

How it used to be written

Forms, sources and dates: the 字形演變 database of 小學堂, Academia Sinica, public domain (CC0).

在思想的领域中，荒诞和堕落仍然主宰著世界，它们的操控只是短时间地被暂停。

In the sphere of thought, absurdity and perversity remain the masters of the world, and their dominion is suspended only for brief periods.
每个人都应该是自己命运的主宰。

Everyone ought to be a master of his own destiny.
汤姆被宰了。

Tom got ripped off.
羊羔通常在一岁前被宰杀吃掉。

Lambs are usually killed before they are one year old and eaten by humans.
评论员对巫巫兹拉的声音作出了各种各样的描述：除了「烦人」、「像魔鬼一般」之外，还把它比作「一群嘈吵的大象」、「一群嗡嗡狂叫的蝗虫」、「一只准备给屠宰的山羊」、「一个装满发狂的蜜蜂的巨大蜂巢」、「一只吃了摇头丸的鸭子」等等。

Commentators have variously described the sound of vuvuzelas as "annoying" and "satanic" and compared it with "a stampede of noisy elephants", "a deafening swarm of locusts", "a goat on the way to slaughter", "a giant hive full of very angry bees", and "a