谋害 (móu hài) — to conspire to murder; to plot against someone's life
Definition
谋害 means to plot someone's death — the focus is the murderous intent and the target, not the scheme itself. Unlike 阴谋 ('conspiracy' / 'to conspire'), which centers on the secret plan, 谋害 always has a victim.
verb
to conspire to murderto plot against someone's life
Examples
- ，谋害。Tā wèi le qián, jìng rán móu hài le zì jǐ de péng you.For money, he actually plotted to murder his own friend.
- 谋害。Nà xiē rén tōu tōu de móu hài nà wèi jì zhě.Those people secretly plotted to murder that journalist.
- 谋害。Jǐng chá fā xiàn yǒu rén shì tú móu hài tā.The police discovered someone tried to murder her.
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