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毒死

dúsǐ
verb #8,210

Meanings

  1. 1 to poison to death; to kill by poisoning

Characters

毒
dú
poison; to poison
死
sǐ
to die; death
Poison to death - the act of killing through poisoning.

Examples

HSK 5
那些老鼠被毒死了。
Nàxiē lǎoshǔ bèi dúsǐ le.
Those rats were poisoned to death.
HSK 7-9
凶手用砒霜毒死了受害者。
Xiōngshǒu yòng pīshuāng dúsǐ le shòuhàizhě.
The murderer killed the victim with arsenic.
HSK 7-9
这种蘑菇能毒死人。
Zhèzhǒng mógū néng dúsǐ rén.
This kind of mushroom can poison a person to death.

Tips

grammar
毒死 is a resultative verb compound: 毒 (to poison) + 死 (to die). The 死 indicates the result of the poisoning. Compare: 打死 (beat to death), 淹死 (drown to death), 烧死 (burn to death).

Stroke Order

毒 dú
死 sǐ