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扼殺
  aak1 saat3   jyutping
  e4 sha1   pinyin
[1] smother; throttle; cut the throat of; jugulate; snuff; strangle
[2] strangulation
[3] form of execution where one was strangled by being hung from the neck on a wooden apparatus with the weight of the body doing the work

nounAdditional PoS: verb

Level: 3
This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
扼殺 / 扼杀

This word has been viewed 1576 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by bybell on 9th Oct 2005 20:16 and last edited on 10th Dec 2012 23:17
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Characters in this word:

 ak1 aak1  -  clutch; grip; guard; control
 saat3  -  kill, butcher; fight; abate; terribly
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