殺人不見血

Chinese

		to kill someone; to murder	not; no
trad. (殺人不見血)		殺人	不	見血
simp. (杀人不见血)		杀人	不	见血
Literally: “to kill without spilling blood”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shārén bù jiànxiě

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄚ ㄖㄣˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄝˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saat³ jan⁴ bat¹ gin³ hyut³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shārén bù jiànxiě [Phonetic: shārén bú jiànxiě]
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄚ ㄖㄣˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄝˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sharén bù jiànsiě
    • Wade–Giles: sha¹-jên² pu⁴ chien⁴-hsieh³
    • Yale: shā-rén bù jyàn-syě
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sharen bu jiannshiee
    • Palladius: шажэнь бу цзяньсе (šažɛnʹ bu czjanʹse)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂä⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ ɕi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: saat³ jan⁴ bat¹ gin³ hyut³
    • Yale: saat yàhn bāt gin hyut
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saat⁸ jan⁴ bat⁷ gin³ hyt⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: sad³ yen⁴ bed¹ gin³ hüd³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːt̚³ jɐn²¹ pɐt̚⁵ kiːn³³ hyːt̚³/

Phrase

殺人不見血

1. to kill by subtle means; to kill by smooth strategy