死刑
sǐ xíng
Pinyin
Definition
死刑
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- death penalty
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 to die
- 2 impassable
- 3 uncrossable
- 4 inflexible
- 5 rigid
- 6 extremely
- 7 damned
- 1 to freeze to death
- 2 to die off in winter
- 1 criminal
- 2 penal
- 1 abbr. for 刑事警察[xíng shì jǐng chá]
- 2 criminal police
- 1 half dead (of torment, hunger, tiredness etc)
- 2 (tired) to death
- 3 (terrified) out of one's wits
- 4 (beaten) to within an inch of one's life
- 5 (knock) the daylights out of sb
Idioms (20)
不到黄河心不死
- 1 lit. not to stop until one reaches the Yellow River (idiom)
- 2 fig. to persevere until one reaches one's goal
- 3 to keep going while some hope is left
不是鱼死就是网破
- 1 lit. either the fish dies or the net gets torn (idiom)
- 2 fig. it's a life-and-death struggle
- 3 it's either him or me
不知死活
- 1 to act recklessly (idiom)
不要在一棵树上吊死
- 1 don't insist on only taking one road to Rome (idiom)
- 2 there's more than one way to skin a cat
九死一生
- 1 nine deaths and still alive (idiom); a narrow escape
- 2 new lease of life
Sample Sentences
你少在这儿胡说八道。等哪天杀人放火的事发生在自己身上,你就知道死刑的必要了。
You should talk a little less if you don't know what you're talking about. Wait until the day comes when murder or arson affects you personally, then you will realize the necessity of capital punishment.
我们应该彻底废除死刑,这样也能让社会大众体会到关爱生命的原则。
We should completely abolish the death penalty, in this way allowing society as a whole to appreciate the principles of concern and the value for life.
你这是自相矛盾。被害人的生命也是宝贵的,凭什么被杀呢?再说了,中国这几年已经控制和减少死刑了,也改革了死刑的执行。这些还不够尊重生命?
You are contradicting yourself. The life of the victim is also precious, and he or she was killed for what? Besides, in the past few years China has already controlled and reduced the use of the death penalty, and has also reformed the implementation of the death penalty. Isn't this showing enough respect for life?
我们不能用这种报复的观念去看问题。所有的生命都是宝贵的,死刑违反人道主义原则。
We can't look at this problem using that kind of a concept of retaliation. All life is precious--the death penalty violates the principles of humanitarianism.
你懂什么?惩罚特别严重的犯罪,死刑是无法替代的。对于那些特别严重的犯罪行为,冷血杀手不受到法律的惩罚,这公平吗?
What do you know? For offenses with especially serious penalties, the death penalty is irreplaceable. With regard to those especially grave crimes, if cold-blooded killers don't receive the punishment of the law, is that just?
话也不能这么说。我看过好多研究统计,都说死刑与犯罪的升降并不具有必然的关系。好多人犯罪是迫不得已,再说碰到冤案怎么办?白白死一个无辜的人?
You can't say that. I've seen a lot of research statistics, and they all say that the death penalty isn't necessarily related to the crime rate. A lot of people commit crimes because they are compelled to. Furthermore, what about when you run into a mistaken conviction? Kill an innocent person for nothing?
荒唐!美国、日本还不保留着死刑?没有死刑,那些杀人放火的坏人就更无法无天了。到时候社会还有什么安定?老百姓还怎么过日子?
That's absurd. The United States and Japan still have capital punishment, don't they? Without the death penalty, those evildoers committing murder and arson would be even more lawless. When that happens what stability will there be in society? How will the average citizen be able to live?
你怎么能这么说?死刑多么残酷!这种古老的刑罚,一点也不适合现在 的社会,早该被废除了。其实大多数发达国家都在某种程度上废除了死刑,中国也该这样。
How can you say such a thing? The death penalty is so brutal. This kind of archaic punishment doesn't fit in at all with the society today. It should have been abolished a long time ago. Actually, the vast majority of developed countries have to some extent abolished capital punishment--China should too.
现在有些人胆子真大,为了一点小事就去抢劫、杀人。还好我们有死刑。
Nowadays, some people have a lot of nerve. Over some trifle they will commit robbery or murder. Good thing we have the death penalty.