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Chinese dictionary
v.do away with a accomplice to prevent leakage of information
她想要杀人灭口。
She wants to kill him to prevent him from disclosing a secrect.
有人想要杀他灭口。
Somebody's gotta wipe up after him.
Word usage
- Separable word"灭" and "口" can be combined as one word, or be used separately with other elements inserted.
这个罪犯杀过人，灭过口，被判了死刑。
The criminal killed people and was sentenced to death.
人质最终被罪犯灭了口。
The hostage was finally killed by the criminal.
灭了他的口，才能守住这个秘密。
If we want to keep the secret, we must kill him.