杀人 (shā rén) — to kill someone, to commit murder; (law) homicide
Definition
杀人 is a verb-object compound meaning 'to kill a person / commit murder'. As a 离合词 it splits in the middle (杀过的人, 杀了两个人) and is the standard legal/news term for homicide.
verb
to kill someoneto commit murder(law) homicide
Examples
- 杀人。Tā shā rén hòu táo dào le guó wài.After killing someone, he fled abroad.
- 。Jǐng fāng shuō tā céng jīng shā guò liǎng gè rén.The police said he had killed two people before.
- 杀人。Zhè qǐ shì jiàn bèi rèn dìng wèi gù yì shā rén.This incident was classified as intentional homicide.
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