生杀予夺
shēng​shā​yǔ​duó

to wield absolute power

  • created sense approved 生杀予夺/生殺予奪 · shēng​shā​yǔ​duó · to wield absolute power — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    生杀予夺 / 生殺予奪

    shēng​shā​yǔ​duó

    to wield absolute power

    (idiom) lit. to spare or kill, to give or take away; used to describe having total control over someone's life, property, or fate

    生 (literal) → 生 · shēng · life 杀 (literal) → 杀/殺 · shā · to kill 予夺 (literal) → 予夺/予奪 · yǔ​duó · to grant and take away

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

    created sense