"vigilante killing" Chinese-English Dictionary
| Chinese | Pinyin | Translation | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 私刑杀人 私刑殺人 | vigilante killing |
| Chinese | Pinyin | Translation | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 血债 血債 | debt of blood (after killing sb) | syn | |
| 戒刀 | Buddhist monk's knife (not used for killing) | ||
| 杀鸡儆猴 殺雞儆猴 | 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 | butchering one another as fish and flesh (idiom) / killing one another / internecine strife | syn | |
| 法外处决 法外處決 | extra-legal execution / extrajudicial execution / extra-legal killing / extrajudicial killing | ||
| 义警 義警 | vigilante / volunteer (police) | ||
| 武松 | 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 | 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 | (idiom) if you beat the snake without killing it, endless evils will ensue | ||
| 杀鸡吓猴 殺雞嚇猴 | 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 | 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 | debt of blood (after killing sb) | ||
| 复仇杀人 | revenge killing | ||
| 屠杀或使儿童致残 | killing and maiming of children | ||
| 风俗杀人 | customary killing | ||
| 杀戮场 殺戮場 | 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 | Global Campaign to Stop Killing and Stoning Women / SKSW Campaign | ||
| 名誉杀人 | 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 | 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 | ||
| 反杀 反殺 | to respond to an assault by killing one's assailant |