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杀人越货

shā rén yuè huòdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
to kill sb for his property (idiom) / to murder for money
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-aca08c03fcb1c897. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

殺人越貨 杀人越货 [sha1 ren2 yue4 huo4] /to kill sb for his property (idiom); to murder for money/

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Other forms in these source records: 殺人越貨

  • 杀
    shā

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

  • 人
  • 越
    yuè

    to exceed / to climb over / to surpass / the more... the more

    Yuè

    generic word for peoples or states of south China or south Asia at different historical periods / abbr. for Vietnam 越南

  • 货
    huò

    goods / money / commodity / CL:個|个[gè]

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.