生杀予夺
Traditional form:
生殺予奪
Pinyin (reading):
shēngshāyǔduó
Definitions:
- lit. to spare or to kill, to give or take away (idiom)
- (fig.) control over the fate of others
Characters:
- 生 - life, lifetime; birth; growth
- 杀 - to kill, to murder, to slaughter; to hurt
- 予 - to give; to award
- 夺 - to rob, to snatch, to take by force
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