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殘暴不仁caan4 bou6 bat1 jan4brutal; heartless; merciless; inhumane; cruel殘caan4remaining殘照caan4 ziu3the glow from a sunset殘生caan4 sang1(noun) someone's wretched life殘缺不全caan4 kyut3 bat1 cyun4incomplete; fragmentary殘舊caan4 gau6worn out; ragged; tattered殘陽caan4 joeng4the setting sun殘體字caan4 tai2 zi6"invalid Chinese characters" - a derogatory term for simplified Chinese characters殞滅wan5 mit6to perish殞身wan5 san1to lose one's life殭屍茶包goeng1 si1 caa4 baau1(noun) menstrual pad; maxi pad (lit. "vampire teabag")殮房lim6 fong4a mortuary殯殮ban3 lim6a funeral殳書syu4 syu1an ancient type of handwriting used for inscriptions on weapons殷鑒不遠jan1 gaam3 bat1 jyun5(idiom) the pernicious moral of predecessors is right here; the pernicious history is repeating殺人不見血saat3 jan4 bat1 gin3 hyut3to kill without shedding blood殺人王saat3 jan4 wong4a mass murder; a serial killer殺戒saat3 gaai3prohibition against taking life殺手鐧saat3 sau2 gaan2the trump card; the finishing move; the winning tactic殺攤saat3 taan1finished; ended (spoken)殺機saat3 gei1(noun) the motivation of killing殺蟲水saat3 cung4 seoi2insecticide; pesticide殺起saat3 hei2to finish; to put one's mind to finishing something; to be determined in doing something殺身之禍saat3 san1 zi1 wo6a fatal disaster; an impending massacre殺身成仁saat3 san1 sing4 jan4sacrificing one's life for justice (slang)殺食saat3 sik6effective; to serve the purpose; works well against something殼hok3(Cantonese); weak; thin; incapable; ladle殽晒框ngaau4 saai3 kwaang1to describe something that has gone so bad that it is irreversible殿後din6 hau6to guard from behind毆打au2 daa2to bash毋庸置疑mou4 jung4 zi3 ji4there is no doubt; needless to say; undoubtedly毋須mou4 seoi1unnecessary