滥杀无辜 — Chinese idiom
滥杀无辜
làn shā wú gū
Traditional: 濫殺無辜
Meaning
- willfully slaughter the innocent
Character by character
- 滥lànto flood, to overflow; excessive
- 杀shāto kill, to murder, to slaughter; to hurt
- 无wúno, not; lacking, -less
- 辜gūcrime, offense, sin
Idioms sharing a character
- 宁缺毋滥 nìng quē wú làn
- 泛滥成灾 fàn làn chéng zāi
- 滥竽充数 làn yú chōng shù
- 粗制滥造 cū zhì làn zào
- 借刀杀人 jiè dāo shā rén
- 卸磨杀驴 xiè mò shā lǘ
- 问客杀鸡 wèn kè shā jī
- 格杀勿论 gé shā wù lùn
- 杀一儆百 shā yī jǐng bǎi
- 杀人如麻 shā rén rú má
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