沙林

shālín
noun #15,770

Meanings

  1. 1 sarin (nerve agent)

Examples

Shālín shì yì zhǒng zhìmìng de shénjīng dújì.
Sarin is a deadly nerve agent.
Guójìfǎ jìnzhǐ shǐyòng shālín děng huàxué wǔqì.
International law prohibits the use of chemical weapons like sarin.

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

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