shā​shēng

to kill living beings

杀生 殺生 shā//shēng
to kill living beings
to take the life of a living creature; to slaughter animals
killing
the act of taking life, particularly as one of the Five Precepts 五戒 wǔ​jiè in Buddhism which forbids killing sentient beings

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