| 搏杀 | bó shā | fighting / killing |   |
| 血债 | xuè zhài | debt of blood (after killing sb) | |
| 杀鸡儆猴 | shā jī jǐng hóu | lit. killing the chicken to warn the monkey (idiom) / fig. to punish an individual as an example to others / pour encourager les autres | |
| 自相鱼肉 | zì xiāng yú ròu | butchering one another as fish and flesh (idiom) / killing one another / internecine strife | |
| 武松 | Wǔ Sōng | Wu Song, a heroic outlaw of Liangshan Marsh in the classic novel Water Margin 水滸傳|水浒传[Shui3 hu3 Zhuan4], whose exploits include killing a tiger with his bare hands | |
| 刘厚总 | Liú Hòu zǒng | Liu Houzong (1904-1949), originally Hunan guerilla leader, rewarded by Chiang Kaishek for killing Xiang Ying 項英|项英[Xiang4 Ying1] during the 1941 New Fourth Army incident 皖南事變|皖南事变[Wan3 nan2 Shi4 bian4] | |
| 打蛇不死，后患无穷 | dǎ shé bù sǐ , hòu huàn wú qióng | if you beat the snake without killing it, endless evils will ensue (idiom) | |
| 杀鸡吓猴 | shā jī xià hóu | lit. killing the chicken to scare the monkey (idiom) / to punish an individual as an example to others / pour encourager les autres | |
| 杀鸡警猴 | shā jī jǐng hóu | lit. killing the chicken to warn the monkey (idiom) / to punish an individual as an example to others / pour encourager les autres | |
| 血账 | xuè zhàng | debt of blood (after killing sb) | |
| 名誉杀人 | míng yù shā rén | honour killing | |
| 复仇杀人 | | revenge killing | |
| 屠杀或使儿童致残 | tú shā huò shǐ r tóng zhì cán | killing and maiming of children | |
| 风俗杀人 | fēng sú shā rén | customary killing | |
| 杀戮场 | shā lù chǎng | killing field | |
| 制止石刑杀害妇女全球运动 | zhì zhǐ shí xíng shā hài fù rǔ quán qiú yùn dòng | Global Campaign to Stop Killing and Stoning Women / SKSW Campaign | |
| 为维护名誉而杀人 | | honour killing | |
| 大开杀戒 | dài kāi shā jiè | killing spree | |
| 定点暗杀 | | targeted assassination / targeted killing | |
| 定点清除 | | targeted assassination / targeted killing | |
| 法外处决 | | extra-legal execution / extrajudicial execution / extra-legal killing / extrajudicial killing | |
| 私刑杀人 | | vigilante killing | |
| 反杀 | fǎn shā | to respond to an assault by killing one's assailant | |
