杀人灭口

殺人滅口
shārénmièkǒu
idiom

Meanings

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

Examples

Xiōngshǒu wèi le shārénmièkǒu, yòu liányè qián huí xiànchǎng.
To silence the witness, the killer sneaked back to the scene that same night.
Guānjiàn zhèngrén bèi bǎohù qǐlái, yǐ fáng yǒu rén shārénmièkǒu.
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

shā
rén
miè
kǒu