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谋杀案

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3-character word Traditional 謀殺案

What 谋杀案 means

1. murder case

The characters in 谋杀案

• 谋móuto plan; to seek; scheme
• 杀shāto kill; to slay; to murder; to attack; to weaken; to reduce; (dialect) to smart
• 案àn(legal) case; incident; record

Example sentences

• 他目睹了谋杀案。
  Tā mùdǔ le móushā'àn.
  He witnessed the murder.
• 警方正在调查那起谋杀案。
  The police are investigating the murder.
• 他因为谋杀案在牢里待了十年。
  Tā yīnwèi móushā'àn zài láo lǐ dài le shí nián.
  He has spent ten years in jail for murder.
• 嫌疑人对谋杀案细节显然知情一事，在本案中不得作为不利于他的证据，因为这是调查人员以诱导性提问所套出的。
  The suspect's apparent knowledge of details of the murder can't be used against him in this case since it was elicited by a leading question from the investigator.