杀人如蒿 — “To slaughter people on a massive scale”
杀人如蒿 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to slaughter people on a massive scale”. To kill countless individuals. Literally, “To kill people like wormwood”.
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杀人如蒿 Pronunciation and Pinyin
杀人如蒿 Character Breakdown
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在那场混乱中，许多无辜的生命被卷入其中，局面一度达到了杀人如蒿的地步。
In that chaos, many innocent lives were caught up, and the situation at one point reached the level of mass slaughter.
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Synonyms of 杀人如蒿
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- shā杀yī一jǐng儆bǎi百punish one to warn many
- shā杀yī一lì利bǎi百punish one to warn many
- shā杀yī一lì砺bǎi百punish one to warn many
- shā杀yī一jǐng警bǎi百punish one to warn many
- shā杀rén人bù不yòng用dāo刀destroy reputation without violence
- shā杀rén人bù不zhǎ眨yǎn眼ruthless and merciless killer
- shā杀rén人bù不jiàn见xuè血harm insidiously without trace
- shā杀rén人cháng偿mìng命，，qiàn欠zhài债huán还qián钱Life for a life, debt for a debt
- shā杀rén人jié劫cái财kill people and rob property
- shā杀rén人rú如yì蓺slaughter people in great numbers
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What does 杀人如蒿 mean?
杀人如蒿 (shā rén rú hāo) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to slaughter people on a massive scale”.
How do you pronounce 杀人如蒿?
杀人如蒿 is pronounced shā rén rú hāo in Mandarin Chinese.
What does 杀人如蒿 literally mean?
Literally, 杀人如蒿 means “to kill people like wormwood”. It is used to mean “to slaughter people on a massive scale”.
What is the Chinese definition of 杀人如蒿?
形容杀的人多得数不清。同“杀人如麻”。