沙林

shālín

noun #15,770

Meanings

1 sarin (nerve agent)

Characters

sand (used phonetically)

forest (used phonetically)

Examples

HSK 6

国际法禁止使用沙林等化学武器。

Guójìfǎ jìnzhǐ shǐyòng shālín děng huàxué wǔqì.

International law prohibits the use of chemical weapons like sarin.

HSK 7-9

沙林是一种致命的神经毒剂。

Shālín shì yì zhǒng zhìmìng de shénjīng dújì.

Sarin is a deadly nerve agent.

Tips

history

Sarin was infamously used in the 1995 Tokyo subway attack by the Aum Shinrikyo cult. The Chinese name 沙林 is a phonetic transliteration of the English word.

Stroke Order

沙 shā

林 lín