胜残去杀

勝殘去殺
shèngcánqùshā

to influence the wicked to abandon crime by means of virtue

Wiktionary

Entry Composition

=1 胜 shèng
  1. victory
  2. success
  3. to beat
  4. to defeat
  5. to surpass
  6. victorious
  7. superior to
  8. to get the better of
  9. better than
  10. surpassing
  11. superb (of vista)
  12. beautiful (scenery)
  13. wonderful (view)
  14. (Taiwan pr. shēng) able to bear
  15. equal to (a task)
=1 胜 xīng
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 腥 (xīng, “rank; fishy”)
  2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) synonym of 省 (“thin; skinny”)
  3. alternative form of 腥 (xīng, “rank; fishy”)
  4. only used in 胜遇 (qìngyù, “name of a mythical bird”)
  5. synonym of 省 (“thin; skinny”)
2 残 cán
  1. to destroy
  2. to spoil
  3. to ruin
  4. to injure
  5. cruel
  6. oppressive
  7. savage
  8. brutal
  9. incomplete
  10. disabled
  11. to remain
  12. to survive
  13. remnant
  14. surplus
3 去 qù
  1. to go
  2. to go to (a place)
  3. (of a time etc) last
  4. just passed
  5. to send
  6. to remove
  7. to get rid of
  8. to reduce
  9. to be apart from in space or time
  10. to die (euphemism)
  11. to play (a part)
  12. (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth
  13. (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker)
  14. (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)
4 杀 shā
  1. to kill; to slay; to murder; to attack
  2. to weaken; to reduce
  3. (dialect) to smart
  4. (used after a verb) extremely