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仇杀 (chóu shā) — to kill in revenge; revenge killing

Definition

verb
to kill in revengerevenge killing

Examples

  • 仇杀。
    Zhè bù diàn yǐng jiǎng de shì yí gè chóu shā de gù shi.
    This movie tells a story of revenge killing.
  • 仇杀。
    Jǐng fāng zhèng zài diào chá zhè qǐ chóu shā àn.
    The police are investigating this revenge murder case.
  • 仇杀。
    Tā yīn wèi chóu shā bèi pàn le sǐ xíng.
    He was sentenced to death for a revenge killing.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

仇chóurevenge
杀shākill

仇 (revenge) + 杀 (kill) means killing out of revenge.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
亻Written in full as人rénperson
Sound part声符shēngfú
九
九jiǔ仇⁰qiú
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

仇 has 亻, a person, and 九, which gives the sound.

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A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 殺; 杀 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 殺 comes from an old drawing of a boar impaled in the head, with 人 and 又 added to show a person doing the killing; the simplified 杀 is a later abbreviation.

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Crime & Police

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