Chinese word dictionary

劫杀

jié shā · to rob and kill

Practice word

Word information

Simplified劫杀

Traditional劫殺

Pinyinjié shā

Part of speechDictionary

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HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

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劫jié

to take by force, to coerce; disaster; misfortune

杀shā

to kill, to murder, to slaughter; to hurt

How to learn 劫杀

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Words with the same characters

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杀shā

to kill; to slay; to murder; to attack; to weaken; to reduce; (dialect) to smart; (used after a verb) extremely

自杀zìshā

to kill oneself; to commit suicide; to attempt suicide

浩劫hàojié

calamity; catastrophe; apocalypse

劫jié

to rob; to plunder; to seize by force; to coerce; calamity; abbr. for kalpa 劫波[jie2 bo1]; variant of 劫[jie2]

劫持jiéchí

to kidnap; to hijack; to abduct; to hold under duress

抹杀mǒshā

to erase; to cover traces; to obliterate evidence; to expunge; to blot out; to suppress