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投杀

tóu shā

2-character word Traditional 投殺

What 投杀 means

1. sports(cricket) to bowl a batsman out

The characters in 投杀

• 投tóuto throw (sth in a specific direction: ball, javelin, grenade etc); to cast (a ballot)…
• 杀shāto kill; to slay; to murder; to attack; to weaken; to reduce; (dialect) to smart

Sounds the same

Read tóu shā, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 头纱wedding veil; gauze headscarf or veil

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