谋财害命

謀財害命

móucái-hàimìng

idiom #52,531

Meanings

HSK 6

这部小说讲的是一个旅店老板谋财害命、最后被识破的故事。

Zhè bù xiǎoshuō jiǎng de shì yí ge lǚdiàn lǎobǎn móucái-hàimìng, zuìhòu bèi shípò de gùshi.

The novel tells the story of an innkeeper who murders his guests for their money and is finally found out.

HSK 7-9

警察抓住了那个谋财害命的强盗。

Jǐngchá zhuāzhù le nàge móucái-hàimìng de qiángdào.

The police caught the robber who had killed for money.

usage

The stock phrase of crime stories and old court cases; news reports today tend to say 抢劫杀人 "robbery and murder".

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