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粵語辭叢

殺人如麻

saat3 jan4 jyu4 maa4included in 2 dictionaries
粵典 (words.hk)Hong KongWord

殺咗好多人 (to have killed a lot of people)

語句

Examples

獨裁者殺人如麻,遺臭萬年。

duk6 coi4 ze2 saat3 jan4 jyu4 maa4, wai4 cau3 maan6 nin4.

Diactators kill massively and they are infamous for thousands of years.

維基辭典YuePhrase

Original phonetic: /saːt̚³ jɐn²¹ jyː²¹ maː²¹/

to have killed countless people; to have committed countless murders

Examples

朝避猛虎,夕避長蛇。磨牙吮血,殺人如麻。

Fleeing at morn before the savage tigers, Fleeing at eve before the huge serpents, Men are killed and cut up like hemp, While the beasts whet their fangs and lick the blood.