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HSK
to kill oneself / to commit suicide / to attempt suicide
HSK 5
to disinfect / (computing) to destroy a computer virus
HSK 5
to murder
HSK 7-9
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  *殺* | 殺* | *殺
to kill; to slay; to murder; to attack / to weaken; to reduce / (dialect) to smart / (used after a verb) extremely
HSK 5
desire to commit murder / great danger
fungicidal / to have a fungicidal effect
to kill
suicide bombing
(loanword) massage
to massacre; to slaughter
HSK 7-9
murder case / homicide case
destructive power / harmfulness
dooring (accident caused by opening a vehicle door into traffic)
massacre; mass slaughter
(fig.) trump card
to kill the pigs and slaughter the sheep (idiom)
the Nanjing Massacre (1937-38)
homicide / to murder / to kill (a person)
lit. to kill a chicken in front of a monkey; fig. to make an example of sb (by punishment) to frighten others
bastard; scumbag; son of a bitch
to fight at close quarters; to fight tooth and nail
to assassinate
HSK 7-9
to respond to an assault by killing one's assailant
to kill by strangling, hanging or garrotting / (fig.) to snuff out
killer / murderer / hit man / (sports) formidable player
HSK 7-9
to smash a ball / to spike
to force one's way out of encirclement; to break through
lit. kill one to warn a hundred (idiom); to punish an individual as an example to others / pour encourager les autres
fungicide
antivirus software / abbr. for 殺毒軟件|杀毒软件
to murder / to assassinate / intentional homicide
pasteurization
don't use a sledgehammer on a nut / aquila non capit muscam
lit. time is a butcher's knife / fig. time marches on, relentless and unforgiving / nothing gold can stay
insecticide / pesticide
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)
to have a love-hate relationship with each other
to shut out; to block; to smother
to storm (a city etc) / to raid
to slaughter (an animal for meat) / to butcher
to murder / assassination
serial killer
lit. to kill the chicken to warn the monkey (idiom) / fig. to punish an individual as an example to others
to commit suicide to escape punishment
lit. to kill the donkey when the grinding is done (idiom) / fig. to get rid of sb once he has ceased to be useful
to bludgeon to death / (fig.) to defeat sb by publicly criticizing them
to put the last hand to (a book, a film etc) / to finalize / to kill-green (a step in the processing of tea leaves)
to assassinate / (military) to fight with a bayonet / (baseball) to put out (a baserunner)
to kill (in hunting)
to kill and burn (idiom); murder and arson
to kill (or assault) sadistically
weapon of mass destruction
murder as a crime of passion
to strangle / to throttle
murder mystery game (role-playing game)
suicide (attack) / suicidal
(case of, incident of) murder
to attack the enemy
The Rape of Nanking (1997 documentary book by Iris Chang 張純如|张纯如)
to slaughter / to kill mercilessly
to swindle associates, friends or relatives
to erase / to cover traces / to obliterate evidence / to expunge / to blot out / to suppress
orca; killer whale (Orcinus orca)
murder case
(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
murderer / homicide
to kill to the last one (idiom) / to exterminate / to eradicate / ruthless
Decis (insecticide brand)
willfully slaughter the innocent (idiom)
to not deserve (one's good fortune etc)
to kill
insecticide
to deal the fatal blow (sports, chess etc) / to score the winning point
to chase to kill
(idiom) to kill sb to prevent them from revealing sth
lit. to kill the chicken to get the eggs (idiom) / fig. to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs
murder case
to shoot dead (with a gun, or bow and arrow)
Chinese subculture of young urban migrants, usually of low education, with exaggerated hairstyles, heavy make-up, flamboyant costumes, piercings etc (loanword from "smart")
premeditated murder
to make a surprise attack / to pounce on (an enemy)
rat poison
to spike the ball (volleyball etc) / to smash (tennis etc)
to charge
to bury alive / to ensnare
to massacre / to slaughter
damn; friggin'; goddamn; fucking
to mistakenly kill / manslaughter
to attack and kill
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
to attack with a bladed weapon
homicide (law)
to fight and kill; to engage in fierce combat (also used figuratively of opposing chess players)
to murder without blinking an eye (idiom) / ruthless / cold-blooded
deadly weapon
insecticide
(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
to kill germs / to disinfect / to sterilize
austere / stern / harsh / somber and desolate (autumn or winter)

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