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暗杀

àn shā

2-character word Traditional 暗殺

What 暗杀 means

1. to assassinate

The characters in 暗杀

• 暗àndark; to turn dark; secret; hidden
• 杀shāto kill; to slay; to murder; to attack; to weaken; to reduce; (dialect) to smart

Example sentences

• 他们企图暗杀总统。
  Tāmen qǐtú ànshā zǒngtǒng.
  They attempted to assassinate the president.

Sounds the same

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

• 暗沙submerged sandbank; submerged coral islet