杀人

shā rén · sha ren

Traditional 殺人

Meaning

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  1. homicide
  2. to murder
  3. to kill (a person)

In a sentence

2 examples
01

枪(qiāng)不(bú)会(huì)杀(shā)人(rén)。人(rén)才(cái)会(huì)杀(shā)人(rén)。

Guns don't kill people. People kill people.

Tatoeba: Chinese by nickyeow · English by saeb · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

02

那(nà)个(ge)时(shí)候(hou),我(wǒ)们(men)只(zhǐ)能(néng)听(tīng)到(dào)关(guān)于(yú)盗(dào)窃(qiè)、杀(shā)人(rén)、以(yǐ)及(jí)饿(è)死(sǐ)了(le)人(rén)的(de)故(gù)事(shì)。

During that time, we only heard about thieves, about murders, about men who had died of hunger.

Tatoeba: Chinese by crescat · English by Scott · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

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