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Character Decomposition
杀=乂+木
Etymology
To kill 乂 someone and bury them in a coffin 木
Meanings
to kill; to slay; to murder; to attack
to weaken; to reduce
(dialect) to smart
(used after a verb) extremely
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Words with 杀 429 total
to fight and kill; to engage in fierce combat (also used figuratively of opposing chess players)搏杀bó shāto massacre · to slaughter残杀cán shāto shut out; to block; to smother封杀fēng shāto respond to an assault by killing one's assailant反杀fǎn shāto assassinate · (military) to fight with a bayonet · (baseball) to put out (a baserunner)刺杀cì shāto kill by strangling, hanging or garrotting · (fig.) to snuff out绞杀jiǎo shāto attack with a bladed weapon砍杀kǎn shāto kill打杀dǎ shā
Idioms with 杀 72 total Chain
to be a blot on the landscape · to dampen spirits · to spoil the fun · to be a wet blanket大杀风景dà shā fēng jǐnglit. two peaches kill three warriors (idiom) · fig. to use a scheme to eliminate rivals by making them fight over a prize二桃杀三士èr táo shā sān shìto kill to the last one (idiom) · to exterminate · to eradicate · ruthless赶尽杀绝gǎn jìn shā jué