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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 自相残杀

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
自相残杀 zì xiāng cán shā - to massacre one another (idiom); internecine strife

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HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 12,665 48,365 45,033

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
自 zì- (bound form) self; oneself
- from; since
- naturally; as a matter of course
相 xiāng- surname Xiang
相 xiāng- each other
- one another
- mutually
- fret on the neck of a pipa 琵琶[pi2 pa5] (a fret on the soundboard is called a 品[pin3])
相 xiàng- appearance
- portrait
- picture
- government minister
- (physics) phase
- (literary) to appraise (esp. by scrutinizing physical features)
- to read sb's fortune (by physiognomy, palmistry etc)
残 cán- to destroy
- to spoil
- to ruin
- to injure
- cruel
- oppressive
- savage
- brutal
- incomplete
- disabled
- to remain
- to survive
- remnant
- surplus
杀 shā- to kill; to slay; to murder; to attack
- to weaken; to reduce
- (dialect) to smart
- (used after a verb) extremely

Other Words Containing 自相残杀

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
自相残杀 - - 12,665 48,365 45,033