dà guī mó shā shāng xìng wǔ qìdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
weapon of mass destruction
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Original source entry:

大規模殺傷性武器 大规模杀伤性武器 [da4 gui1 mo2 sha1 shang1 xing4 wu3 qi4] /weapon of mass destruction/

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Other forms in these source records: 大規模殺傷性武器

  • 大
    dà

    big / large / great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐[dà jiě]) / greatly / freely / fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother)

    dài

    see 大夫[dài fu]

  • 规
    guī

    compass / a rule / regulation / to admonish / to plan / to scheme

  • 模
    mó

    to imitate / model / norm / pattern

    mú

    mold / die / matrix / pattern

  • 杀
    shā

    to kill / to slay / to murder / to attack / to weaken / to reduce / (dialect) to smart / (used after a verb) extremely

  • 伤
    shāng

    to injure / injury / wound

  • 性
    xìng

    nature / character / property / quality / attribute / sexuality / sex / gender / suffix forming adjective from verb / suffix forming noun from adjective, corresponding to -ness or -ity / essence / CL:個|个[gè]

  • 武
    wǔ

    martial / military

    Wǔ

    surname Wu

  • 器
    qì

    device / tool / utensil / CL:臺|台[tái]

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