扑杀 (撲殺)
pū shā
Pinyin

Definition

扑杀 (撲殺)
 - 
pū shā
  1. to kill
  2. to cull

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

扑
pū
  1. 1 to throw oneself at
  2. 2 to pounce on
  3. 3 to devote one's energies
  4. 4 to flap
  5. 5 to flutter
  6. 6 to dab
  7. 7 to pat
  8. 8 to bend over
扑克
pū kè
  1. 1 poker (game) (loanword)
  2. 2 playing cards
杀
shā
  1. 1 to kill
  2. 2 to murder
  3. 3 to attack
  4. 4 to weaken or reduce
  5. 5 to smart (dialect)
  6. 6 (used after a verb) extremely
杀人
shā rén
  1. 1 homicide
  2. 2 to murder
  3. 3 to kill (a person)
借刀杀人
jiè dāo shā rén
  1. 1 to lend sb a knife to kill sb
  2. 2 to get sb else to do one's dirty work
  3. 3 to attack using the strength of another (idiom)

Idioms (20)

借刀杀人
jiè dāo shā rén
  1. 1 to lend sb a knife to kill sb
  2. 2 to get sb else to do one's dirty work
  3. 3 to attack using the strength of another (idiom)
卸磨杀驴
xiè mò shā lǘ
  1. 1 lit. to kill the donkey when the grinding is done (idiom)
  2. 2 to get rid of sb once he has ceased to be useful
问客杀鸡
wèn kè shā jī
  1. 1 lit. asking guests whether or not to butcher a chicken for them (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. hypocritical show of affection (or hospitality)
杀一儆百
shā yī jǐng bǎi
  1. 1 lit. kill one to warn a hundred (idiom); to punish an individual as an example to others
  2. 2 pour encourager les autres
杀人不眨眼
shā rén bù zhǎ yǎn
  1. 1 to murder without blinking an eye (idiom)
  2. 2 ruthless
  3. 3 cold-blooded

Sample Sentences

你听，今天的新闻“巴基斯坦因流浪狗数量增多扰民，政府下达扑杀令”。好惨！政府担心市民被狗咬，杀了好多流浪狗。
nǐ tīng ，jīntiān de xīnwén “bājīsītǎn yīn liúlàng gǒu shùliàng zēngduō rǎomín ，zhèngfǔ xiàdá pūshālìng ”。hǎo cǎn ！zhèngfǔ dānxīn shìmín bèi gǒu yǎo ，shā le hǎo duō liúlàng gǒu 。
Listen to today's news, (reads paper). As the amount of stray dogs in Pakistan has increased and they have proved a nuisance to local people, the government has issued an order for a cull. It's terrible! The government are going to kill lots of stray dogs because they are worried about citizens being bitten.
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