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杀人如麻

shā rén rú má

4-character word Traditional 殺人如麻

What 杀人如麻 means

1. (lit.) to kill people like scything flax (idiom)
2. (fig.) to kill people like flies

The characters in 杀人如麻

• 杀shāto kill; to slay; to murder; to attack; to weaken; to reduce; (dialect) to smart
• 人rénperson; people
• 如rúas; as if; such as
• 麻máhemp (variant of 麻

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