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殺人如麻
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kill people like flies; mow down like grass; human slaughter [literal] cut men down like cutting hemps [synonym] 草菅人命 Level: 4 This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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This word has been viewed 1447 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by C Chiu on 6th Nov 2015 03:54 and last edited on 6th Nov 2015 03:57 |
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Characters in this word:殺 saat3 - kill, butcher; fight; abate; terribly人 jan4 - person; human being 如 jyu4 - if, as if, like, equal to 麻 maa4 - hemp; flax; sesame; coarse |
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: the Cantonese pronunciation of the word in jyutping.
Also, CantoDict uses a unique "asterisk (*)" convention, to show readings such as jyu4*2. For more information please see CantoDict Tone Conventions.
: the Mandarin pronunciation of the word in pinyin (only if present).