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殺身成仁
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die to achieve virtue; die for a just cause Level: 3 This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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Characters in this word:殺 saat3 - kill, butcher; fight; abate; terribly身 san1 - body; life; oneself 成 sing4 seng4 - succeed; achieve; grow; one tenth; whole 仁 jan4 - benevolence; compassionate; kernel |
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: the Cantonese pronunciation of the word in jyutping.
Also, CantoDict uses a unique "asterisk (*)" convention, to show readings such as jyu4*2. For more information please see CantoDict Tone Conventions.
: the Mandarin pronunciation of the word in pinyin (only if present).