杀人
shārénTraditional: 杀人
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Translation
to kill someone, to murder
Word origin
A verb-object compound of 杀 (shā, to kill), whose lower 木 element suggests a felled form, and 人 (rén), a pictograph of a standing person. Together they mean to kill a person.
- Origin
- compound
- Root
- 杀 (shā, to kill) + 人 (rén, person)
Stroke order
杀
人
Examples
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Killing someone is against the law.
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The police are investigating a murder case.
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He was accused of murder.
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This film has a killing scene.
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No one has the right to kill.
杀人 (shā rén) means to kill someone, to murder. It is a verb-object phrase for taking a person's life.
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