谋财害命
móu cái hài mìng
Pinyin

Definition

谋财害命
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móu cái hài mìng
  1. to plot and kill sb for his property (idiom); to murder for money

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

伤害
shāng hài
  1. 1 to injure
  2. 2 to harm
厉害
lì hai
  1. 1 difficult to deal with
  2. 2 difficult to endure
  3. 3 ferocious
  4. 4 radical
  5. 5 serious
  6. 6 terrible
  7. 7 violent
  8. 8 tremendous
  9. 9 awesome
命
mìng
  1. 1 life
  2. 2 fate
  3. 3 order or command
  4. 4 to assign a name, title etc
命运
mìng yùn
  1. 1 fate
  2. 2 destiny
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
害
hài
  1. 1 to do harm to
  2. 2 to cause trouble to
  3. 3 harm
  4. 4 evil
  5. 5 calamity
害怕
hài pà
  1. 1 to be afraid
  2. 2 to be scared
本命年
běn mìng nián
  1. 1 year of one's birth sign, according to the cycle of 12 animals of the earthly branches 地支[dì zhī]
生命
shēng mìng
  1. 1 life (as the characteristic of living beings)
  2. 2 living being
  3. 3 creature
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè],條|条[tiáo]
革命
gé mìng
  1. 1 revolution
  2. 2 revolutionary (politics)
  3. 3 CL:次[cì]
人命
rén mìng
  1. 1 human life
  2. 2 CL:條|条[tiáo]
使命
shǐ mìng
  1. 1 mission
  2. 2 long-term task to which one devotes oneself
  3. 3 a calling
偿命
cháng mìng
  1. 1 to pay with one's life
危害
wēi hài
  1. 1 to jeopardize
  2. 2 to harm
  3. 3 to endanger
  4. 4 harmful effect
  5. 5 damage
  6. 6 CL:個|个[gè]
受害者
shòu hài zhě
  1. 1 casualty
  2. 2 victim
  3. 3 those injured and wounded
命中
mìng zhòng
  1. 1 to hit (a target)
命令
mìng lìng
  1. 1 order
  2. 2 command
  3. 3 CL:道[dào],個|个[gè]
命名
mìng míng
  1. 1 to give a name to
  2. 2 to dub
  3. 3 to christen
  4. 4 to designate
  5. 5 named after
  6. 6 naming
命苦
mìng kǔ
  1. 1 to be born under an ill star
命题
mìng tí
  1. 1 proposition (logic, math.)
  2. 2 to assign an essay topic
寿命
shòu mìng
  1. 1 life span
  2. 2 life expectancy
  3. 3 lifetime (of a machine)

Idioms (20)

一命呜呼
yī mìng wū hū
  1. 1 to die (idiom)
  2. 2 to breathe one's last
  3. 3 to give up the ghost
不以词害志
bù yǐ cí hài zhì
  1. 1 don't let rhetoric spoil the message (idiom); don't get carried away with flowery speech to the detriment of what you want to say
不以辞害志
bù yǐ cí hài zhì
  1. 1 don't let rhetoric spoil the message (idiom); don't get carried away with flowery speech to the detriment of what you want to say
亡命之徒
wáng mìng zhī tú
  1. 1 runaway (idiom); desperate criminal
  2. 2 fugitive
人命关天
rén mìng guān tiān
  1. 1 human life is beyond value (idiom)
伤天害理
shāng tiān hài lǐ
  1. 1 to offend Heaven and reason (idiom); bloody atrocities that cry to heaven
  2. 2 outrageous acts
切中要害
qiè zhòng yào hài
  1. 1 to hit the target and do real damage (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to hit where it hurts
  3. 3 fig. to hit home
  4. 4 an argument that hits the nail on the head
劈空扳害
pī kōng bān hài
  1. 1 damaged by groundless slander (idiom)
命中注定
mìng zhōng zhù dìng
  1. 1 decreed by fate (idiom)
  2. 2 destined
  3. 3 fated
命在旦夕
mìng zài dàn xī
  1. 1 to be at death's door (idiom)
命归黄泉
mìng guī Huáng quán
  1. 1 lit. to return to the Yellow Springs 黃泉|黄泉[Huáng quán] (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to die
  3. 3 to meet one's end
命途多舛
mìng tú duō chuǎn
  1. 1 to meet with many difficulties in one's life (idiom)
丧天害理
sàng tiān hài lǐ
  1. 1 devoid of conscience (idiom)
嗜酒如命
shì jiǔ rú mìng
  1. 1 to love wine as one's life (idiom); fond of the bottle
妒能害贤
dù néng hài xián
  1. 1 jealous of the able, envious of the clever (idiom)
害群之马
hài qún zhī mǎ
  1. 1 lit. a horse that brings trouble to its herd (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. troublemaker
  3. 3 black sheep
  4. 4 rotten apple
恭敬不如从命
gōng jìng bù rú cóng mìng
  1. 1 deference is no substitute for obedience (idiom)
  2. 2 (said to accept sb's request, invitation etc)
爱财如命
ài cái rú mìng
  1. 1 lit. to love money as much as one's own life (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. avaricious
  3. 3 tightfisted
救人一命胜造七级浮屠
jiù rén yī mìng shèng zào qī jí fú tú
  1. 1 saving a life is more meritorious than building a seven-floor pagoda (idiom)
敢不从命
gǎn bù cóng mìng
  1. 1 to not dare to disobey an order (idiom)

Sample Sentences

你们那是什么教练呀，这样的天气还让你们去运动？这是谋财害命吧！
nǐmen nà shì shénme jiàoliàn ya ，zhèyàng de tiānqì hái ràng nǐmen qù yùndòng ？zhè shì móucáihàimìng ba ！
What kind of trainer is that, making you go to work out in this kind of weather? This sounds like a scam to kill you and take your money!
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