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savage
fierce
cruel
fierce
murderer
culprit
year of famine
fateful accident
to die in violence
to hire a hitman
violent crime
accomplice
Notice where 凶 sits in each complete thought.
A tiger is a very ferocious kind of animal.
Source: Tatoeba #789713 · CC BY 2.0 FRThe murderer is still at large.
Source: Tatoeba #12686378 · CC BY 2.0 FRThe gardener turned out to be the murderer.
Source: Tatoeba #4760021 · CC BY 2.0 FRHe avenged the murder of his father.
Source: Tatoeba #499644 · CC BY 2.0 FRThe murderer confessed his crime.
Source: Tatoeba #858494 · CC BY 2.0 FRDon't be so sharp with the children.
Source: Tatoeba #9970083 · CC BY 2.0 FRDefinitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.