杀人如麻

lit. to kill people like scything flax (idiom) / fig. to kill people like flies

to kill / to murder / to attack / to weaken or reduce / to smart (dialect) / (used after a verb) extremely

homicide / to murder / to kill (a person)

person; people / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]

as / as if / such as

variant of 麻[ma2] / hemp

surname Ma

generic name for hemp, flax etc / hemp or flax fiber for textile materials / sesame / CL:縷|缕[lü3] / (of materials) rough or coarse / pocked / pitted / to have pins and needles or tingling / to feel numb