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): ㄕㄚㄖㄣˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄝˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): saat³ jan⁴ bat¹ gin³ hyut³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shārén bù jiànxiě [Phonetic: shārén bú jiànxiě]
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄚㄖㄣˊ 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 ʐən³⁵⁻⁵⁵ 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

to kill by subtle means; to kill by smooth strategy

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