杀人如麻
shā​rén​rú​má

to kill people like flies

  • created sense approved 杀人如麻/殺人如麻 · shā​rén​rú​má · to kill people like flies — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    杀人如麻 / 殺人如麻

    shā​rén​rú​má

    to kill people like flies

    to kill people in great numbers; literally to kill people as if scything flax

    杀人 (literal) → 杀人/殺人 · shā​rén · to kill someone 如 (literal) → 如 · rú · to be like 麻 (literal) → 麻 · má · confused

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense