| 自相残杀 |
zì xiāng cán shā |
to massacre one another (idiom); internecine strife |
| 自 |
zì |
(bound form) self; oneself / from; since / naturally; as a matter of course |
| 自相 |
zì xiāng |
mutual / each other / one another / self- |
| 相 |
Xiāng |
surname Xiang |
| 相 |
xiāng |
each other / one another / mutually / fret on the neck of a pipa 琵琶 (a fret on the soundboard is called a 品) |
| 相 |
xiàng |
appearance / portrait / picture / government minister / (physics) phase / (literary) to appraise (esp. by scrutinizing physical features) / to read sb's fortune (by physiognomy, palmistry etc) |
| 残 |
cán |
to destroy / to spoil / to ruin / to injure / cruel / oppressive / savage / brutal / incomplete / disabled / to remain / to survive / remnant / surplus |
| 残杀 |
cán shā |
to massacre / to slaughter |
| 杀 |
shā |
to kill; to slay; to murder; to attack / to weaken; to reduce / (dialect) to smart / (used after a verb) extremely |