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杀生

shā shēng

2-character word Traditional 殺生

What 杀生 means

1. to take the life of a living creature

The characters in 杀生

• 杀shāto kill; to slay; to murder; to attack; to weaken; to reduce; (dialect) to smart
• 生shēngto grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born; to arise; to occur; to light (a fire)

Example sentences

• 一个人就算不吃肉，也可以健健康康的生活。所以人杀生、吃肉，只不过是为了满足自己的口腹之欲而已。这种行为是不道德的。
  Yīgèrén jiùsuàn bù chī ròu, yě kěyǐ jiàn jiànkāng kāng de shēnghuó. suǒyǐ rén shāshēng, chī ròu, zhǐbuguò shì wèile mǎnzú zìjǐ de kǒufùzhīyù éryǐ. zhèzhǒng xíngwéi shì bù dàodé de.
  A man can live and be healthy without killing animals for food; therefore, if he eats meat, he participates in taking animal life merely for the sake of his appetite. And to act so is immoral.