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挺屍

简挺尸 · 繁挺屍

Mandarin · pinyin tǐng shī

(lit.) to lie stiff like a corpse
(coll.) to sleep

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挺: tǐng · to stand upright, straighten; rigid
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尸: shī · corpse; to impersonate the dead; to preside; Kangxi radical 44

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3–1 · ting3 shi1

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ting5 si1

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