shā
rén
jiàn
xiě

idiom
common

Meaning of 杀人不见血

杀人不见血 means to kill without shedding blood; (fig.) to harm someone by insidious means, leaving the victim unaware of the injury. Pronounced shā rén bù jiàn xiě.

  • to kill without shedding blood; (fig.) to harm someone by insidious means, leaving the victim unaware of the injury

Definitions & Examples

Zhè
zhǒng
ruǎn
dāo
zi
shā
rén
de
shǒu
duàn
 
zhēn
shì
shā
rén
jiàn
xiě
 

This method of killing with a soft knife is truly killing without shedding blood.

biǎo
miàn
shàng
duì
hǎo
 
shí
shàng
què
zài
bèi
hòu
tǒng
dāo
zi
 
zhēn
shì
shā
rén
jiàn
xiě
 

He appears nice to you on the surface, but actually stabs you in the back—truly killing without shedding blood.

xiē
tián
yán
wǎng
wǎng
shā
rén
jiàn
xiě
 
yào
xiǎo
xīn
 

Those honeyed words often kill without shedding blood—you must be careful.