杀人灭口 — Chinese idiom
杀人灭口
shā rén miè kǒu
Traditional: 殺人滅口
Meaning
- to kill sb to prevent them from revealing sth
Character by character
- 杀shāto kill, to murder, to slaughter; to hurt
- 人rénman, person; people
- 灭mièto extinguish; to wipe out
- 口kǒumouth; entrance, gate, opening
Idioms sharing a character
- 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
- 杀人放火 shā rén fàng huǒ
- 杀人越货 shā rén yuè huò
- 杀彘教子 shā zhì jiào zǐ
- 杀猪宰羊 shā zhū zǎi yáng
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