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殺身之禍

简 杀身之祸 · 繁 殺身之禍
Mandarin · pinyin shā shēn zhī huò

Meanings

  1. (idiom) getting killed
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殺
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身
shēn · body; trunk, hull; Kangxi radical 158
之
zhī · marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; go to
禍
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杀
shā · kill, slaughter, murder; hurt
祸
huò · misfortune, calamity, disaster
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1–1–1–4 · sha1 shen1 zhi1 huo4

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  1. (idiomatic) fatal disaster

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