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生杀大权

shēng shā dà quán

4-character word Traditional 生殺大權

What 生杀大权 means

1. life-and-death power
2. ultimate power

The characters in 生杀大权

• 生shēngto grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born; to arise; to occur; to light (a fire)
• 杀shāto kill; to slay; to murder; to attack; to weaken; to reduce; (dialect) to smart
• 大dàbig; large; great; older (than another person); eldest (as in 大姐
• 权quánauthority; power; right

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