shā

kill, slaughter, murder; hurt; to pare off, reduce, clip

DEFINITIONS

殺 shā
  • to kill
  • to murder
  • to attack
  • to weaken or reduce
  • to smart (dialect)
  • (used after a verb) extremely

WORDS

菌劑 shā jūn jì a disinfectant
虎斬蛟 shā hǔ zhǎn jiāo lit. to kill the tiger and behead the scaly dragon
螺劑 shā luó jì snail poison
蟲 shā chóng insecticide
蟲劑 shā chóng jì insecticide; pesticide
蟲藥 shā chóng yào insecticide
蠹藥 shā dù yào mothicide
豬宰羊 shā zhū zǎi yáng to kill the pigs and slaughter the sheep (idiom)
軟 shā ruǎn antivirus software; abbr. for 殺毒軟件|杀毒软件[sha1 du2 ruan3 jian4]
進 shā jìn to storm (a city etc); to raid
出 shā jìn shā chū to execute a lightning raid; (investment) to buy, then quickly sell; (tourism) to visit a destination for only a short stay
雞儆猴 shā jī jǐng hóu lit. killing the chicken to warn the monkey (idiom); fig. to punish an individual as an example to others; pour encourager les autres
雞取卵 shā jī qǔ luǎn lit. to kill the chicken to get the eggs (idiom); fig. to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs
雞嚇猴 shā jī xià hóu lit. killing the chicken to scare the monkey (idiom); to punish an individual as an example to others; pour encourager les autres
雞宰鵝 shā jī zǎi é kill the chickens and butcher the geese (idiom)
雞焉用牛刀 shā jī yān yòng niú dāo don't use a sledgehammer on a nut; aquila non capit muscam
雞給猴看 shā jī gěi hóu kàn lit. to kill a chicken in front of a monkey; fig. to make an example of sb (by punishment) to frighten others
雞警猴 shā jī jǐng hóu lit. killing the chicken to warn the monkey (idiom); to punish an individual as an example to others; pour encourager les autres
青 shā qīng to put the last hand to (a book, a film etc); to finalize; to kill-green (a step in the processing of tea leaves)
頭 shā tóu to behead
風景 shā fēng jǐng variant of 煞風景|煞风景[sha1 feng1 jing3]
馬特 shā mǎ tè Chinese subculture of young urban migrants, usually of low education, with exaggerated hairstyles, heavy make-up, flamboyant costumes, piercings etc (loanword from "smart")
鼠藥 shā shǔ yào rat poison
dú shā to kill by poisoning
làn shā to kill indiscriminately; to massacre