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凶手

xiōng shǒu

HSK 7–9

Meaning

  • murderer
  • assassin

Definition

杀害他人的人；罪犯中直接导致死亡的一方。

Murderer; the person who directly causes death in a crime.

Usage

用于指代实施杀人行为的罪犯，常出现在法律、新闻和文学作品中，强调其犯罪行为。

Used to refer to the perpetrator of a murder, common in legal, news, and literary contexts, emphasizing the criminal act.

Examples

  • 1 警方正在全力追捕凶手。 (The police are doing their best to hunt down the murderer.)
  • 2 他最终承认了自己就是凶手。 (He finally admitted that he was the murderer.)
  • 3 在这部小说中，凶手直到最后一章才被揭露。 (In this novel, the murderer is not revealed until the last chapter.)
  • 4 凶手作案手段极其残忍。 (The murderer's modus operandi was extremely cruel.)
  • 5 受害者的家人要求严惩凶手。 (The victim's family demanded severe punishment for the murderer.)

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