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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
to disinfect / (computing) to destroy a computer virus
HSK 5
killer / murderer / hit man / (sports) formidable player
HSK 7-9
to murder
HSK 7-9
destructive power / harmfulness
lit. to kill the chicken to warn the monkey (idiom) / fig. to punish an individual as an example to others
to massacre / to slaughter
murderer / homicide
desire to commit murder / great danger
insecticide / pesticide
to attack the enemy
to beat down the price / to haggle / to slash one's prices
to kill germs / to disinfect / to sterilize
to take the life of a living creature
murder case / homicide case
to put the last hand to (a book, a film etc) / to finalize / to kill-green (a step in the processing of tea leaves)
(idiom) getting killed
homicide / to murder / to kill (a person)
ferocious / murderous-looking
to force one's way out of encirclement; to break through
(idiom) to kill sb to prevent them from revealing sth
murderous spirit / aura of death / to vent one's anger
a disinfectant
It's all exaggeration, you don't need to take it seriously / a fuss about nothing / nothing to write home about
to murder without blinking an eye (idiom) / ruthless / cold-blooded
to kill sb for his property (idiom); to murder for money
lit. to kill people like scything flax (idiom) / fig. to kill people like flies
antivirus software
(fig.) trump card
lit. kill one to warn a hundred (idiom); to punish an individual as an example to others / pour encourager les autres
to kill or injure
to kill and burn (idiom); murder and arson
lit. to kill the chicken to get the eggs (idiom) / fig. to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs
(idiom) to die a martyr; to be martyred
don't use a sledgehammer on a nut / aquila non capit muscam
robbing the rich to help the poor
fungicide
to behead
rat poison
to kill a pig as a lesson to the children (idiom); parents must teach by example
to storm (a city etc) / to raid
to spike the ball (volleyball etc) / to smash (tennis etc)
to kill
orca; killer whale (Orcinus orca)
to kill
to swindle associates, friends or relatives
attempted murder
(case of, incident of) murder
killer application / killer app
infanticide
to kill the pigs and slaughter the sheep (idiom)
fungicidal / to have a fungicidal effect
insecticide
insecticide
Chinese subculture of young urban migrants, usually of low education, with exaggerated hairstyles, heavy make-up, flamboyant costumes, piercings etc (loanword from "smart")
homicidal maniac
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
deadly weapon
to exterminate
slaughter the cattle and butcher the sheep / to prepare a big feast (idiom)
to exterminate
diquat
snail poison
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
antivirus software / abbr. for 殺毒軟件|杀毒软件
to execute a lightning raid / (investment) to buy, then quickly sell / (tourism) to visit a destination for only a short stay
kill the chickens and butcher the geese (idiom)
lit. to kill a chicken in front of a monkey; fig. to make an example of sb (by punishment) to frighten others


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