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Trad. 殺
- to kill; to slay; to murder; to attack
- to weaken; to reduce
- (dialect) to smart
- (used after a verb) extremely
Trad. 消殺
- to sterilize; to disinfect
- to kill; to exterminate (insects, pathogens etc)
Trad. 棒殺
- to bludgeon to death
- (fig.) to defeat sb by publicly criticizing them
Trad. 捧殺
- to praise sb in a way that does them harm (e.g. by causing them to become complacent)
Trad. 搏殺
- to fight and kill; to engage in fierce combat (also used figuratively of opposing chess players)
Trad. 刺殺
- to assassinate
- (military) to fight with a bayonet
- (baseball) to put out (a baserunner)
Trad. 殺青
- to put the last hand to (a book, a film etc)
- to finalize
- to kill-green (a step in the processing of tea leaves)
Trad. 絕殺
- to deal the fatal blow (sports, chess etc)
- to score the winning point
Trad. 抹殺
- to erase
- to cover traces
- to obliterate evidence
- to expunge
- to blot out
- to suppress
Trad. 絞殺
- to kill by strangling, hanging or garrotting
- (fig.) to snuff out
Trad. 秒殺
- (Internet) flash sale
- (sports or online gaming) rapid dispatch of an opponent
Trad. 背殺
- (slang) (usu. of a woman) sb who looks stunning from behind
- sb who has a great figure but not necessarily an attractive face
- abbr. for 背影殺手|背影杀手[bei4 ying3 sha1 shou3]
Trad. 開門殺
- dooring (accident caused by opening a vehicle door into traffic)
Trad. 殺豬盤
- pig butchering scam (where the scammer builds trust with the victim over time, "fattening them up," before ultimately "slaughtering" them by taking their money); (esp.) romance scam
Trad. 殺馬特
- Chinese subculture of young urban migrants, usually of low education, with exaggerated hairstyles, heavy make-up, flamboyant costumes, piercings etc (loanword from "smart")
Trad. 被自殺
- a death claimed to be a suicide by the authorities
Trad. 一筆抹殺
- to blot out at one stroke
- to reject out of hand
- to deny without a hearing
Trad. 殺一儆百
- lit. kill one to warn a hundred (idiom); to punish an individual as an example to others
- pour encourager les autres
Trad. 殺一警百
- variant of 殺一儆百|杀一儆百[sha1 yi1 jing3 bai3]
Trad. 殺人如草
- see 殺人如麻|杀人如麻[sha1 ren2 ru2 ma2]
Trad. 殺人如麻
- lit. to kill people like scything flax (idiom)
- fig. to kill people like flies
Trad. 殺人放火
- to kill and burn (idiom); murder and arson
Trad. 殺人滅口
- (idiom) to kill sb to prevent them from revealing sth
Trad. 借刀殺人
- to lend sb a knife to kill sb
- to get sb else to do one's dirty work
- to attack using the strength of another (idiom)
Trad. 殺人越貨
- to kill sb for his property (idiom); to murder for money
Trad. 殺出重圍
- to force one's way out of encirclement; to break through
Trad. 殺千刀的
- bastard; scumbag; son of a bitch
Trad. 殺富濟貧
- robbing the rich to help the poor
Trad. 殺彘教子
- to kill a pig as a lesson to the children (idiom); parents must teach by example
Trad. 趕盡殺絕
- to kill to the last one (idiom)
- to exterminate
- to eradicate
- ruthless
Trad. 殺牛宰羊
- slaughter the cattle and butcher the sheep
- to prepare a big feast (idiom)
Trad. 問客殺雞
- lit. asking guests whether or not to butcher a chicken for them (idiom)
- fig. hypocritical show of affection (or hospitality)
Trad. 殺豬宰羊
- to kill the pigs and slaughter the sheep (idiom)
Trad. 殺身成仁
- (idiom) to die a martyr; to be martyred
Trad. 殺進殺出
- to execute a lightning raid
- (investment) to buy, then quickly sell
- (tourism) to visit a destination for only a short stay
Trad. 殺雞儆猴
- lit. to kill the chicken to warn the monkey (idiom)
- fig. to punish an individual as an example to others
Trad. 殺雞取卵
- lit. to kill the chicken to get the eggs (idiom)
- fig. to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs
Trad. 殺雞嚇猴
- see 殺雞儆猴|杀鸡儆猴[sha1 ji1 jing3 hou2]
Trad. 殺雞宰鵝
- kill the chickens and butcher the geese (idiom)
Trad. 殺雞駭猴
- see 殺雞儆猴|杀鸡儆猴[sha1 ji1 jing3 hou2]
Trad. 畏罪自殺
- to commit suicide to escape punishment
Trad. 繳槍不殺
- “surrender and your life will be spared”
Trad. 破片殺傷
- (military) fragmentation (grenade, bomb etc)
Trad. 濫殺無辜
- willfully slaughter the innocent (idiom)
Trad. 自相殘殺
- to massacre one another (idiom); internecine strife
Trad. 相愛相殺
- to have a love-hate relationship with each other
Trad. 格殺勿論
- (idiom) to kill on sight (without fear of prosecution)
Trad. 大殺風景
- to be a blot on the landscape
- to dampen spirits
- to spoil the fun
- to be a wet blanket
Trad. 背影殺手
- (slang) (usu. of a woman) sb who looks stunning from behind
- sb who has a great figure but not necessarily an attractive face
- abbr. to 背殺|背杀[bei4 sha1]
Trad. 卸磨殺驢
- lit. to kill the donkey when the grinding is done (idiom)
- fig. to get rid of sb once he has ceased to be useful
Trad. 過失殺人
- see 過失致死罪|过失致死罪[guo4 shi1 zhi4 si3 zui4]
Trad. 生殺予奪
- lit. to spare or to kill, to give or take away (idiom)
- (fig.) control over the fate of others
Trad. 生殺大權
- life-and-death power
- ultimate power
Trad. 眼露殺氣
- to have a murderous look in one's eyes (idiom)
Trad. 殺人不眨眼
- to murder without blinking an eye (idiom)
- ruthless
- cold-blooded
Trad. 殺手級應用
- killer application
- killer app
Trad. 以眥睚殺人
- to kill sb for a trifle
Trad. 殺雞給猴看
- lit. to kill a chicken in front of a monkey; fig. to make an example of sb (by punishment) to frighten others
Trad. 南京大屠殺
- the Nanjing Massacre (1937-38)
Trad. 殺雞焉用牛刀
- don't use a sledgehammer on a nut
- aquila non capit muscam
Trad. 殺人不過頭點地
- It's all exaggeration, you don't need to take it seriously
- a fuss about nothing
- nothing to write home about
Trad. 時間是把殺豬刀
- lit. time is a butcher's knife
- fig. time marches on, relentless and unforgiving
- nothing gold can stay
Trad. 殺君馬者道旁兒
- lit. bystanders killed the king's horse (idiom) (based on an ancient story in which people along the road cheered a horseman on as he galloped past, until the horse died of exhaustion)
- fig. beware of becoming complacent when everyone is cheering you on
Trad. 獵殺紅色十月號
- "The Hunt for Red October", a novel by Tom Clancy
Trad. 大規模殺傷性武器
- weapon of mass destruction
Trad. 半路殺出個程咬金
- lit. Cheng Yaojin ambushes the enemy (saying)
- fig. sb shows up unexpectedly and disrupts the plan
- sb whose presence is regarded as irksome
Trad. 半路殺出的程咬金
- see 半路殺出個程咬金|半路杀出个程咬金[ban4 lu4 sha1 chu1 ge4 Cheng2 Yao3 jin1]