谋杀 (móu shā) — to murder, to assassinate
Definition
Means deliberate, planned killing — stronger than plain 杀, which is just 'to kill'. Legal/crime vocabulary; you will mostly see it in 谋杀案, 谋杀罪, or as a noun.
verb
to murderto assassinate
Examples
- 。Jǐng fāng zhèng zài diào chá zhè qǐ móu shā àn.The police are investigating this murder case.
- 。Tā yīn móu shā zuì bèi pàn le zhōng shēn jiān jìn.He was sentenced to life imprisonment for murder.
- 谋杀。Xiǎo shuō lǐ miáo xiě le yì chǎng jīng xīn cè huà de móu shā.The novel describes a carefully planned murder.
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