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"revenge killing" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
复仇杀人 revenge killing
Chinese Pinyin Translation
报 報 bào to report / to inform / to announce / to respond / to reply / to sign up for / to register for (abbr. for 報名|报名[bao4ming2]) / to reward / to recompense / to take revenge / to retaliate / newspaper / periodical / journal / bulletin / telegram syn
报复 報復 bào fù to make reprisals / to retaliate / revenge / retaliation syn
报仇 報仇 bào chóu to take revenge / to avenge syn
算账 算賬 suàn zhàng (accounting) to balance the books / to do the accounts / (fig.) to settle an account / to get one's revenge syn
血债 血債 xuè zhài debt of blood (after killing sb) syn
卧薪尝胆 臥薪嚐膽 wò xīn cháng dǎn lit. to lie on firewood and taste gall (idiom) / fig. suffering patiently, but firmly resolved on revenge syn
仇怨 chóu yuàn hatred and desire for revenge syn
算帐 算帳 suàn zhàng to reckon (accounting) / to balance an account / fig. to settle an account / to get one's revenge
报仇雪恨 報仇雪恨 bào chóu xuě hèn to take revenge and wipe out a grudge (idiom)
雪耻 雪恥 xuě chǐ to take revenge for a past insult / to expunge a disgrace or humiliation
报怨 報怨 bào yuàn to pay back a score / to get revenge / to requite / (old) variant of 抱怨[bao4 yuan4]
戒刀 jiè dāo Buddhist monk's knife (not used for killing)
报仇雪耻 報仇雪恥 bào chóu xuě chǐ to take revenge and erase humiliation (idiom)
官报私仇 官報私仇 guān bào sī chóu to take advantage of official post for personal revenge (idiom) syn
食肉寝皮 食肉寢皮 shí ròu qǐn pí to eat sb's flesh and sleep on their hide (idiom) / to swear revenge on sb / implacable hatred / to have sb's guts for garters
杀鸡儆猴 殺雞儆猴 shā jī jǐng hóu lit. killing the chicken to warn the monkey (idiom) / fig. to punish an individual as an example to others / pour encourager les autres
自相鱼肉 自相魚肉 zì xiāng yú ròu butchering one another as fish and flesh (idiom) / killing one another / internecine strife syn
冤冤相报何时了 冤冤相報何時了 yuān yuān xiāng bào hé shí liǎo if revenge breeds revenge, will there ever be an end to it? (Buddhist saying)
君子报仇，十年不晚 君子報仇，十年不晚 jūn zi bào chóu , shí nián bù wǎn lit. for a nobleman to take revenge, ten years is not too long (idiom) / fig. revenge is a dish best served cold
法外处决 法外處決 extra-legal execution / extrajudicial execution / extra-legal killing / extrajudicial killing
以其人之道，还治其人之身 以其人之道，還治其人之身 yǐ qí rén zhī dào , huán zhì qí rén zhī shēn to use an opponent's own methods to obtain retribution (idiom, from Song dynasty neo-Confucianist Zhu Xi 朱熹[Zhu1 Xi1]) / to get revenge by playing sb back at his own game / to give sb a taste of his own medicine
秋后算帐 秋後算帳 qiū hòu suàn zhàng lit. settle accounts after the autumn harvest (idiom) / to wait until the time is ripe to settle accounts / to bide one's time for revenge
出口气 出口氣 chū kǒu qì to take one's revenge / to score off sb
不蒸馒头争口气 不蒸饅頭爭口氣 bù zhēng mán tou zhēng kǒu qì not to be crushed (idiom) / to be determined to have one's revenge
睚眦必报 睚眥必報 yá zì bì bào lit. to seek revenge over a dirty look (idiom) / fig. small-minded / vindictive syn
仇杀 仇殺 chóu shā to kill in revenge
武松 wǔ sōng Wu Song, a heroic outlaw of Liangshan Marsh in the classic novel Water Margin 水滸傳|水浒传[Shui3 hu3 Zhuan4], whose exploits include killing a tiger with his bare hands
刘厚总 劉厚總 liú hòu zǒng Liu Houzong (1904-1949), originally Hunan guerilla leader, rewarded by Chiang Kaishek for killing Xiang Ying 項英|项英[Xiang4 Ying1] during the 1941 New Fourth Army incident 皖南事變|皖南事变[Wan3 nan2 Shi4 bian4]
打蛇不死，后患无穷 打蛇不死，後患無窮 dǎ shé bù sǐ , hòu huàn wú qióng (idiom) if you beat the snake without killing it, endless evils will ensue
杀鸡吓猴 殺雞嚇猴 shā jī xià hóu lit. killing the chicken to scare the monkey (idiom) / to punish an individual as an example to others / pour encourager les autres syn
杀鸡警猴 殺雞警猴 shā jī jǐng hóu lit. killing the chicken to warn the monkey (idiom) / to punish an individual as an example to others / pour encourager les autres
血账 血賬 xuè zhàng debt of blood (after killing sb)
屠杀或使儿童致残 tú shā huò shǐ r tóng zhì cán killing and maiming of children
风俗杀人 fēng sú shā rén customary killing
杀戮场 殺戮場 shā lù chǎng killing field
制止石刑杀害妇女全球运动 制止石刑殺害婦女全球運動 zhì zhǐ shí xíng shā hài fù rǔ quán qiú yùn dòng Global Campaign to Stop Killing and Stoning Women / SKSW Campaign
名誉杀人 míng yù shā rén honour killing
为维护名誉而杀人 為維護名譽而殺人 honour killing
大开杀戒 大開殺戒 dài kāi shā jiè killing spree
定点暗杀 定點暗殺 targeted assassination / targeted killing
定点清除 定點清除 targeted assassination / targeted killing
私刑杀人 私刑殺人 vigilante killing
反杀 反殺 fǎn shā to respond to an assault by killing one's assailant
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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