生杀予夺

Traditional: 生殺予奪

shēng shā yǔ duó

Dictionary entry

(lit.) to spare or to kill, to give or take away (idiom)

What does 生杀予夺 mean?

生杀予夺 (shēng shā yǔ duó) has the following dictionary meaning.

1(lit.) to spare or to kill, to give or take away (idiom)

2(fig.) control over the fate of others

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生shēngto grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born · to arise; to occur 杀shāto kill; to slay; to murder; to attack · to weaken; to reduce 予yú(archaic) I · me 夺duóto seize · to take away forcibly

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生杀予夺

shēng shā yǔ duó

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