杀手

shā shǒu

HSK 7–9

Meaning

指以杀人为业的人，也比喻能导致失败或毁灭的人或事物。

A person who kills for a living; also used metaphorically to refer to something that causes failure or destruction.

常用于描述职业杀手，或比喻某种具有强大破坏力的事物，如‘网络杀手’、‘爱情杀手’等。

Often used to describe a professional killer, or metaphorically for something with great destructive power, such as 'cyber killer' or 'love killer'.

1 他是一个冷酷的杀手。 (He is a cold-blooded killer.)
2 这部电影讲述了一个杀手的故事。 (This movie tells the story of a hitman.)
3 吸烟是健康的杀手。 (Smoking is a killer of health.)
4 在网络时代，黑客成为了信息安全的杀手。 (In the internet age, hackers have become killers of information security.)
5 熬夜是效率的杀手。 (Staying up late is a killer of productivity.)

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