死人

sǐ rén · si ren

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

Meaning

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  1. dead person
  2. (coll.) to die; (of a death) to happen

In a sentence

2 examples
01

死(sǐ)人(rén)是(shì)无(wú)法(fǎ)开(kāi)口(kǒu)说(shuō)话(huà)的(de)。

Dead men tell no tales.

Tatoeba: Chinese by zhouj1955 · English by CM · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

那(nà)场(chǎng)车(chē)祸(huò)没(méi)有(yǒu)死(sǐ)人(rén),真(zhēn)是(shì)万(wàn)幸(xìng)。

Fortunately, no one died in that car accident.

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