缢杀

国人皆曰可杀 guórénjiēyuēkěshā

the people of the state all say he deserves to die / fig. public opinion unanimously condemns someone to death / Mencius's threshold for judicially putting a minister to death

左右皆曰可杀 zuǒyòujiēyuēkěshā

all those around him say he may be put to death / even when the attendants all call for his death (don't take it as verdict) / (lit.) left and right all say — can kill

杀死 shāsǐ #981

to kill / to put to death

绞杀 jiǎoshā #36,491

to strangle to death / to garrote / (figurative) to crush / to snuff out

国人杀之也 guórénshāzhīyě

it is the people of the realm who put him to death / the whole nation is the executioner / (lit.) the country's people kill him

诸大夫皆曰可杀 zhūdàfūjiēyuēkěshā

all the ministers say he may be put to death / the officials together pronounce him fit to execute / (lit.) all the great officers all say — can kill

砍杀 kǎnshā

to attack with a bladed weapon / to slash and kill / to hack to death

虐杀 nüèshā

to kill cruelly / to slaughter sadistically / to torture to death

暗杀 ànshā HSK 7 #5,020

to assassinate

屠杀 túshā HSK 7 #4,646

to massacre / to slaughter