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HSK
to disinfect / (computing) to destroy a computer virus
HSK 5
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  *杀* | 杀* | *杀
to kill; to slay; to murder; to attack / to weaken; to reduce / (dialect) to smart / (used after a verb) extremely
HSK 5
killer / murderer / hit man / (sports) formidable player
HSK 7-9
to murder
HSK 7-9
homicide / to murder / to kill (a person)
to kill germs / to disinfect / to sterilize
to kill
to put the last hand to (a book, a film etc) / to finalize / to kill-green (a step in the processing of tea leaves)
to attack the enemy
lit. to kill the chicken to get the eggs (idiom) / fig. to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs
(idiom) to die a martyr; to be martyred
to take the life of a living creature
to massacre / to slaughter
murderous spirit / aura of death / to vent one's anger
insecticide
desire to commit murder / great danger
lit. to kill the chicken to warn the monkey (idiom) / fig. to punish an individual as an example to others
to exterminate
(idiom) to kill sb to prevent them from revealing sth
to behead
(idiom) getting killed
to kill or injure
to beat down the price / to haggle / to slash one's prices
to kill sb for his property (idiom); to murder for money
lit. kill one to warn a hundred (idiom); to punish an individual as an example to others / pour encourager les autres
lit. to kill people like scything flax (idiom) / fig. to kill people like flies
robbing the rich to help the poor
to kill
deadly weapon
to exterminate
to spike the ball (volleyball etc) / to smash (tennis etc)
to storm (a city etc) / to raid
to swindle associates, friends or relatives
destructive power / harmfulness
antivirus software / abbr. for 殺毒軟件|杀毒软件
infanticide
murderer / homicide
insecticide / pesticide
(fig.) trump card
to execute a lightning raid / (investment) to buy, then quickly sell / (tourism) to visit a destination for only a short stay
Chinese subculture of young urban migrants, usually of low education, with exaggerated hairstyles, heavy make-up, flamboyant costumes, piercings etc (loanword from "smart")
to force one's way out of encirclement; to break through
antivirus software
to murder without blinking an eye (idiom) / ruthless / cold-blooded
to kill and burn (idiom); murder and arson
killer application / killer app
don't use a sledgehammer on a nut / aquila non capit muscam
It's all exaggeration, you don't need to take it seriously / a fuss about nothing / nothing to write home about
lit. to kill a chicken in front of a monkey; fig. to make an example of sb (by punishment) to frighten others
murder case / homicide case
fungicidal / to have a fungicidal effect
insecticide
rat poison
attempted murder
(case of, incident of) murder
homicidal maniac
orca; killer whale (Orcinus orca)
lit. bystanders killed the king's horse (idiom) (based on an ancient story in which people along the road cheered a horseman on as he galloped past, until the horse died of exhaustion) / fig. beware of becoming complacent when everyone is cheering you on
to kill a pig as a lesson to the children (idiom); parents must teach by example
ferocious / murderous-looking
slaughter the cattle and butcher the sheep / to prepare a big feast (idiom)
fungicide
diquat
a disinfectant
snail poison
to kill the pigs and slaughter the sheep (idiom)
pig butchering scam (where the scammer builds trust with the victim over time, "fattening them up," before ultimately "slaughtering" them by taking their money); (esp.) romance scam
kill the chickens and butcher the geese (idiom)


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