| 杀人如麻 |
shā rén - rú má |
lit. to kill people like scything flax (idiom) / fig. to kill people like flies |
| 杀 |
shā |
to kill; to slay; to murder; to attack / to weaken; to reduce / (dialect) to smart / (used after a verb) extremely |
| 杀人 |
shā rén |
homicide / to murder / to kill (a person) |
| 人 |
rén |
person; people / CL:个,位 |
| 如 |
rú |
as / as if / such as |
| 麻 |
má |
hemp (variant of 麻) |
| 麻 |
Má |
surname Ma |
| 麻 |
má |
generic name for hemp, flax etc / hemp or flax fiber for textile materials / sesame / CL:缕 / (of materials) rough or coarse / pocked / pitted / to have pins and needles or tingling / to feel numb |