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屍首

简尸首 · 繁屍首

Mandarin · pinyin shī shou

dead body; corpse (Note: In expressions like 屍首分離 shī shou fēn lí or 屍首異處 shī shou yì chù, decapitation is implied.)

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首: shǒu · head; first; leader, chief; a poem; Kangxi radical 185
尸: shī · corpse; to impersonate the dead; to preside; Kangxi radical 44

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1–5 · shi1 shou5

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si1 sau2

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noun

corpse (Classifier: 具 m c)

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