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sát sanh

taking life
Noun
taking life
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2 senses 2 Components
Meaning
2 senses
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Noun

Sense 1 Noun
taking life Core ActionsTheme

An alternative form of the word referring to the act of killing or taking a life.

vi Việc sát sanh là điều tối kỵ trong nhiều tôn giáo.

en Taking life is strictly forbidden in many religions.

Verb

Sense 2 Verb
to kill

An alternative form of the verb referring to the act of killing or taking a life.

vi Họ khuyên chúng ta không nên sát sanh các loài động vật.

en They advise us not to kill animals.

Parts
sát / sanh / 察栍
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Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
察栍
Candidates by syllable
sát 察(殺) sanh 栍(笙)
Bold marks a representative candidate assembled from per-syllable character mappings. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. It is not necessarily a source-aligned spelling for the whole word.
Similar
sạch sành sanh / thác sanh / vãng sanh
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Use
cảnh sát / quan sát / mưu sát / sát hại …
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