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杀人

shā rén

2-character word Traditional 殺人

What 杀人 means

1. homicide
2. to murder
3. to kill (a person)

The characters in 杀人

• 杀shāto kill; to slay; to murder; to attack; to weaken; to reduce; (dialect) to smart
• 人rénperson; people

Example sentences

• 不可杀人。
  Thou shalt not kill.
• 不可杀人!
  You shall not kill.
• 他被控告杀人罪。
  Tā bèikòng gào shārén zuì.
  He was accused of murder.
• 她确认他是杀人凶手。
  Tā quèrèn tā shì shārén xiōngshǒu.
  She identified him as the murderer.
• 这证明了你是杀人犯。
  Zhè zhèngmíng le nǐ shì shārénfàn.
  This is proof that you're the murderer.
• 他杀人的动机是什么？
  Tāshā rén de dòngjī shì shénme?
  What's his motive for committing murder?

Words starting with 杀人

• 杀人犯shā rén fànmurderer; homicide
• 杀人案shā rén ànmurder case; homicide case
• 杀人案件shā rén àn jiàn(case of, incident of) murder
• 杀人越货shā rén yuè huòto kill sb for his property (idiom); to murder for money
• 杀人放火shā rén fàng huǒto kill and burn (idiom); murder and arson
• 杀人如麻shā rén rú má(lit.) to kill people like scything flax (idiom); (fig.) to kill people like flies
• 杀人灭口shā rén miè kǒu(idiom) to kill sb to prevent them from revealing sth
• 杀人狂shā rén kuánghomicidal maniac
• 杀人鲸shā rén jīngorca; killer whale (Orcinus orca)
• 杀人未遂shā rén wèi suìattempted murder
• 杀人不眨眼shā rén bù zhǎ yǎnto murder without blinking an eye (idiom); ruthless; cold-blooded
• 杀人不过头点地shā rén bù guò tóu diǎn dìIt's all exaggeration, you don't need to take it seriously; a fuss about nothing…
• 杀人如草shā rén rú cǎosee 杀人如麻

Words containing 杀人

• 预谋杀人yù móu shā rénpremeditated murder
• 借刀杀人jiè dāo shā rénto lend sb a knife to kill sb; to get sb else to do one's dirty work…
• 以眦睚杀人yǐ zì yá shā rénto kill sb for a trifle
• 过失杀人guò shī shā rénsee 过失致死罪

Sounds the same

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

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