杀人如麻 — Chinese idiom
杀人如麻
shā rén rú má
Traditional: 殺人如麻
Meaning
- (lit.) to kill people like scything flax
- (fig.) to kill people like flies
Character by character
- 杀shāto kill, to murder, to slaughter; to hurt
- 人rénman, person; people
- 如rúas, as if, like, such as, supposing
- 麻máhemp, flax, sesame; numb
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
- 杀人放火 shā rén fàng huǒ
- 杀人灭口 shā rén miè kǒu
- 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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