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Meaning of 杀

Pinyin shā

Radical

木

Strokes

Definition

to kill / to murder / to slaughter

Usage

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杀 (shā) 1. 使人或动物失去生命。 [En.] To cause a person or animal to lose its life. 2. 战斗，搏斗。 [En.] To fight; to engage in battle. 3. 消减。 [En.] To reduce; to diminish. 4. 药物等刺激身体感觉疼痛。 [En.] To stimulate pain in the body through drugs or other means. 5. 收束。 [En.] To gather; to constrict. 6. 勒紧，扣紧。 [En.] To tighten; to fasten tightly. 7. 用在动词后，表示程度深。 [En.] Used after a verb to indicate a great degree. 8. 同本义 [En.] Same as the basic meaning: kill; slaughter. 9. 攻杀，激战 [En.] To fight; to go into battle. 10. 凋落 [En.] To wither. 11. 终止;收束 [En.] To end; to conclude. 12. 抑制，压抑 [En.] To restrain; to suppress. 13. 败坏;衰败 [En.] To spoil; to decay. 14. 取出、挤出 [En.] To draw out; to squeeze out. 15. 棋类术语。指围死或击败对方。 [En.] Chess term; to checkmate or defeat an opponent. 16. 缚紧，勒紧 [En.] To bind tightly. 17. 〈方〉∶刺激 [En.] To incite; to provoke. 18. 压低([En.] 价格) [En.] To lower (price); to hammer down. 名词用法 (as a noun): 猎获物 [En.] Game or catch (as in hunted animals). 形容词用法 (as an adjective): 1. 死板，不可变动。 [En.] Inflexible; unchangeable. 2. 该死的。 [En.] Damn; cursed. 3. 寒的;阴森的。 [En.] Gloomy; cold. 4. 接近…的。 [En.] Next to; close to. 副词用法 (as an adverb): 1. 用在谓语后面，表示程度之深。 [En.] Used after a predicate to indicate extreme degree. 2. 很，甚。 [En.] Very; extremely.

杀鸡吓猴 shā jī xià hóu

lit. killing the chicken to scare the monkey (idiom); to punish an individual as an example to others / pour encourager les autres

屠杀 tú shā

to massacre / massacre / bloodbath / carnage

格杀勿论 gé shā wù lùn

kill with lawful authority / kill anybody who puts up resistance / kill those who resist, with lawful authority / capture and summarily excecute

宰杀 zǎi shā

to slaughter / to butcher / to put down

杀害 shā hài

to murder

刺杀 cì shā

to assassinate / (military) to fight with a bayonet / (baseball) to put out (a baserunner)

杀虫剂 shā chóng jì

insecticide / pesticide

剿杀 jiǎo shā

Kill

劈杀 pī shā

Hack

凶杀 xiōng shā

to murder / assassination

杀戮 shā lù

to massacre / to slaughter

扼杀 è shā

to strangle / to throttle

杀掉 shā diào

to kill

杀戒 shā jiè

Kill

截杀 jié shā

Intercept

扣杀 kòu shā

to smash a ball / to spike

抹杀 mǒ shā

to erase / to cover traces / to obliterate evidence / to expunge / to blot out / to suppress

拼杀 pīn shā

to grapple (with the enemy) / to fight at the risk of one's life

捕杀 bǔ shā

to hunt and kill (an animal or fish)

烧杀抢掠 shāo shā qiǎng lüè

burning, killing and pillaging

搏杀 bó shā

fighting / killing

冲杀 chōng shā

to charge

厮杀 sī shā

to fight at close quarters / hand-to-hand

杀人 shā rén

homicide / to murder / to kill (a person)

杀敌 shā dí

to attack the enemy

斩尽杀绝 zhǎn jìn shā jué

genocide / kill all / completely annihilate / have sb. wiped out

暗杀 àn shā

to assassinate

杀手 shā shǒu

killer / murderer / hit man / (sports) formidable player

自杀 zì shā

to kill oneself / to commit suicide / to attempt suicide

杀死 shā sǐ

to kill

枪杀 qiāng shā

to shoot dead

谋杀 móu shā

to murder / to assassinate / intentional homicide

杀入 shā rù

enter

杀出 shā chū

Out

杀毒 shā dú

kill virus

烧杀 shāo shā

Burn

追杀 zhuī shā

to chase to kill

杀鸡儆猴 shā jī jǐng hóu

lit. killing the chicken to warn the monkey (idiom); to punish an individual as an example to others / pour encourager les autres

残杀 cán shā

to massacre / to slaughter

自相残杀 zì xiāng cán shā

to massacre one another (idiom); internecine strife

滥杀无辜 làn shā wú gū

willfully slaughter the innocent (idiom)

滥杀 làn shā

to kill indiscriminately / to massacre

杀灭 shā miè

to exterminate

杀人灭口 shā rén miè kǒu

morganize / silence sb.

杀一儆百 shā yī jǐng bǎi

lit. kill one to warn a hundred (idiom); to punish an individual as an example to others / pour encourager les autres

杀伐 shā fá

Kill

杀伤 shā shāng

to kill or injure

杀人不眨眼 shā rén bù zhǎ yǎn

to murder without blinking an eye (idiom) / ruthless / cold-blooded

杀身之祸 shā shēn zhī huò

Scourge

仇杀 chóu shā

kill in revenge / revengeful murder

他杀 tā shā

homicide (law)

生杀予夺 shēng shā yǔ duó

hold power over sb.'s life and property

绞杀 jiǎo shā

strangle / hang / garrotte

肃杀 sù shā

austere / stern / harsh / somber and desolate (autumn or winter)

杀气腾腾 shā qì téng téng

ferocious / murderous-looking

杀菌 shā jūn

to kill germs / to disinfect / to sterilize

虐杀 nüè shā

to kill (or assault) sadistically

杀螨剂 shā mǎn jì

acaricide / miticide / ixodicide

诛杀 zhū shā

to kill / to murder

诱杀 yòu shā

trap and kill / lure to destruction

赶尽杀绝 gǎn jìn shā jué

to kill to the last one (idiom) / to exterminate / to eradicate / ruthless

杀手锏 shā shǒu jiǎn

(fig.) trump card

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