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枪毙

qiāng bì

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 槍斃

枪毙 (qiāng bì) means "to execute by firing squad; to shoot dead; fig. to discard". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 枪毙 means

1. to execute by firing squad
2. to shoot dead
3. fig. to discard
4. to get rid of

The characters in 枪毙

• 枪qiānggun; firearm; rifle
• 毙bìto die; to shoot dead; to reject

Example sentences

• 我要枪毙了他。
  Wǒ yào qiāngbì le tā.
  I need to kill him with a gun.

Sounds the same

Read qiāng bì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 腔壁cavity wall

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