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死而不僵

Mandarin · pinyin sǐ ér bù jiāng

Meanings

  1. dead but showing no signs of rigor mortis
  2. to die hard (idiom)
  3. to die yet not be vanquished (idiom)
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死
sǐ · die; dead; death
而
ér · and; and then; and yet; but; Kangxi radical 126
不
bù · no, not; un-; negative prefix
僵
jiāng · stiff and motionless, stock still
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3–2–4–1 · si3 er2 bu4 jiang1

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sei2 ji4 bat1 goeng1

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死而不僵 · si3 er2 bu4 jiang1
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Exact source record死而不僵 死而不僵 [si3 er2 bu4 jiang1] /dead but showing no signs of rigor mortis/to die hard (idiom)/to die yet not be vanquished (idiom)/