杀人 (殺人)
shā rén
Pinyin
Definition
杀人 (殺人)
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- homicide
- to murder
- to kill (a person)
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
一人得道,鸡犬升天
- 1 lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)
- 2 fig. to ride on sb else's success
- 3 Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too
- 4 Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it
一鸣惊人
- 1 to amaze the world with a single brilliant feat (idiom); an overnight celebrity
三人成虎
- 1 three men talking makes a tiger (idiom); repeated rumor becomes a fact
三人行,必有我师
- 1 lit. if three walk together, one can be my teacher (idiom, from the Analects of Confucius)
- 2 you have sth to learn from everyone
三个女人一台戏
- 1 three women are enough for a drama (idiom)
Sample Sentences
对啊,那再到后来,金马奖上又出现了很多思想前卫、表现大胆的新浪潮电影,侯孝贤的《悲情城市》、杨德昌的《牯岭街少年杀人事件》是其中的代表。
Yeah, then after that, there were the avant garde and bold New Wave films, such as the representative works, Hou Hsiao-hsien's "A City of Sadness" and Edward Yang's "A Brighter Summer's Day".
跟你说一下我对恐怖电影的看法吧。欧美的恐怖电影我个人觉得,经常会出现一些血腥的限制级画面,只是让人觉得恶心而已,谈不上恐怖,代表的电影有《德州电锯杀人狂》、《惊声尖叫》等。
I'll tell you my view of horror films. In my opinion, US and European horror films often feature adult and graphically violent scenes, which really just make people feel disgust, it's not really horror. Representative films would be 'The Texas Chainsaw Massacre' and 'Scream'.
哦?你尽力了,那我妈的命谁来赔?根本鬼话连篇、草菅人命!你们这群杀人凶手!你等着,我绝对要告死你们!
Son: Huh? You did all that you could? So who will compensate us for the death of my mother? You're just talking a bunch of codswallop, you clearly have no respect for human life! A bunch of murderers is what you are! Just you wait, I'll sue you until you bleed!
何须杀人灭口。
What needs to to kill and silence (something or someone)?
杀人狂
serial killer, homicidal maniac
李探长转身对大家说:“这是一起非常恶劣的杀人案件,大家先分头行动,看能不能找到点线索。”
Detective Li turned to the group and said: “This is a grisly murder case. Everyone split up and see if you can find some clues.”
小尤一脸疑惑地问:“探长,凶手一定是个变态杀人狂,他为什么要把吴国庆的尸体弄成那样?这个案子一点头绪都没有,该怎么查?”
Xiao You asked puzzledly: “Detective, the murderer was definitely a homicidal maniac. Why would he do what he did to Wu Guoqing’s body? This case has absolutely no leads. How can we solve it?”
玩杀人游戏
to play killer games
法律规定:男人22岁才能结婚,可是18岁就能当兵。这说明了3个问题:一是杀人比做丈夫容易;二是过日子比打仗难;三是女人比敌人更难对付。
The law stipulates that men can't get married until they're 22 but they can join the army at 18. This raises three issues: first, that killing people is easier than becoming a husband, second, that it's harder to live your life than fight in wars, and third, that it's harder to run into a woman than an enemy.
天黑请闭眼,杀手睁眼,杀手杀人。杀手闭眼,警察睁眼,警察指认。警察请闭眼。天亮了,大家请睁眼。王东,你被杀了。
Night has come. Please close your eyes. Killer, open your eyes. Killer, kill someone. Killer, close your eyes. Police, wake up. Police, point out a person. Police, please close your eyes. It's now daytime. Everyone, please wake up. Wang Dong, you were killed.