杀人灭口

殺人滅口
shārén-mièkǒu
idiom

Meanings

  1. 1 to kill someone to silence them; to murder a witness to destroy evidence

Examples

Xiōngshǒu wèile shārén-mièkǒu, yòu liányè qián huí xiànchǎng.
To silence the witness, the killer sneaked back to the scene that same night.
Guānjiàn zhèngrén bèi bǎohù qǐlái, yǐfáng yǒurén shārén-mièkǒu.
The key witness was placed under protection in case someone tried to kill them to bury the evidence.

Tips

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A serious, crime-context term. Common in news reports, legal dramas, and detective fiction - don't use loosely.

Stroke Order

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rén
miè
kǒu