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Here, we present the idiom 「格殺無論」. Below, you’ll find its explanation and examples of usage.
It refers to beating people who resist arrest, commit crimes or violate bans to death on the spot without charging them with murder. Same as “kill without mercy”.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
gé shā wú lùn
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
gaak3 saat3 mou4 leun6
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