They are plotting how to
murder me.
他们在密谋如何杀害我。
Eric is a suspect in the
murder case.
埃里克是这次谋杀案的一个嫌疑犯。
Tom
murdered the whole work.
汤姆毁了所有的工作。
However, the murder of a young female passenger by her Didi driver August in east China's Wenzhou city, the second such case in about three months, raised public concerns over the platform's capability to ensure safety.
"When the safety system is complete, it won't just help solve murder cases but also arguments or conflicts, such as if the driver made a detour, had bad attitude, or if the driver made inappropriate comments or engaged in other forms of harassment.
Some netizens believe it will prevent drivers from using vulgar words to passengers－which would be effective when dealing with harassment, but would be unable to prevent a murder.
For instance, Lost in the Stars, the plot of which revolves around a man who schemes to murder his wife during an overseas trip, has sparked widespread discussions on social media about how women should be careful before embarking on a romantic relationship.
Some attractions are also running live action role-play murder mystery games, or jubensha in Chinese, which have won the hearts of many young vacationers.
The most popular is called jubensha－an LARP game usually involving murder mystery scripts.
With the role-playing murder mystery game jubensha growing in popularity, Chinese students studying overseas are coming back to their homeland to start up their own jubensha businesses.
LARP games, the most popular of which is jubensha, usually involves a "whodunnit" murder mystery script.
LARP games, adapted from the Murder & Mystery Party that has been popular in Western countries, is regarded as a form of interactive literature or theater because of the participation of the audience.
China's hit game jubensha, literally translated as "script homicide"－a role-playing murder mystery game－has risen in popularity during Spring Festival, as many people chose to stay put to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
In recent years, this role-playing murder mystery game has gained a huge following among young urban Chinese.
The murder mystery craze swept across Beijing during the Spring Festival holiday.
And murder mysteries based on a true story may allow players to think more seriously about related issues.
"Covering over 300 square meters, Xingtan Club, a classic example of more than 300 jubensha clubs in Beijing, provides more than 130 murder mystery games, and it can seat around 60 people at once.
"With customers' growing need for better scripts and services, we need to offer them more immersive murder mystery experiences instead of simple board games.
With young Chinese shifting their spending from goods to experiences, some new forms of entertainment, such as immersive puzzle-solving games, known as "escape room" or "murder mysteries," have become the latest trend for recreation in China.
As for a murder mystery game, as the name suggests, one of the players secretly plays the murderer, leaving other attendees to discover him or her through reasoning.
By 2019, the number of murder mystery-focused game rooms in China soared to 12,000, compared with 2,400 by 2018.