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杀伤 (shā shāng) — to kill and wound; to inflict casualties

Definition

'Kill and wound / inflict casualties' — a formal, military register term. Collocates with 对方, 大量, 无数, and is used in war/weapons contexts rather than everyday speech.

verb
to kill and woundto inflict casualties

Examples

  • ，杀伤。
    Zhè zhǒng wǔ qì hěn wēi xiǎn, néng shā shāng dà liàng dí rén.
    This weapon is very dangerous and can kill and wound many enemies.
  • 杀伤。
    Nà cì xí jī shā shāng le xǔ duō wú gū píng mín.
    That attack killed and wounded many innocent civilians.
  • ，杀伤。
    Zhàn chǎng shàng, shuāng fāng dōu xiǎng yào shā shāng duì fāng.
    On the battlefield, both sides want to inflict casualties on the other.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

杀shākill
伤shāngwound

'杀' and '伤' name two actions, killing and wounding, combined to mean causing casualties.

Characters in this word

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 傷; 伤 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
人人rén
Sound part声符shēngfú
𥏻
𥏻𥏻傷shāng
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 傷 shows 人, a person, and uses 𥏻 to give the sound; the simplified 伤 is a later shorthand.

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Appears in
Military & Defense

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