shā

to kill; to slay; to murder; to attack

to weaken; to reduce; (dialect) to smart; (used after a verb) extremely

Cross-cut (乂) + wood (木) = to kill, to cut down

A blade crossing through wood evokes the act of cutting down — the decisive, violent stroke that ends life. Together, crossing action and a wooden object make the concept of killing viscerally concrete.

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TreeSemantic

他不小心死了一只鸟。

tā bù xiǎo xīn shā sǐ le yī zhī niǎo。

he accidentally killed a bird.

故事里的坏人最后被英雄掉了。

gù shi lǐ de huài rén zuì hòu bèi yīng xióng shā diào le。

the villain in the story was killed by the hero in the end.

Words with 杀

连环杀手

lián huán shā shǒu

serial killer

过失杀人

guò shī shā rén

see 過失致死罪|过失致死罪[guo4 shi1 zhi4 si3 zui4]

开门杀

kāi mén shā

dooring (accident caused by opening a vehicle door into traffic)

预谋杀人

yù móu shā rén

premeditated murder

马杀鸡

mǎ shā jī

(loanword) massage

一笔抹杀

yī bǐ mǒ shā

to blot out at one stroke

仇杀

chóu shā

to kill in revenge

他杀

tā shā

homicide (law)

以眦睚杀人

yǐ zì yá shā rén

to kill sb for a trifle

借刀杀人

jiè dāo shā rén

to lend sb a knife to kill sb

刺杀

cì shā

to assassinate

凶杀

xiōng shā

to murder

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