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畢命

简毕命 · 繁畢命

Mandarin · pinyin bì mìng

to die (in an accident etc)
to have one's life cut short

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畢: Look up this written character
命: mìng · life; destiny, fate, luck; an order, instruction
毕: bì · end, finish, conclude; completed

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4–4 · bi4 ming4

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verb

(formal, euphemistic) to be killed; to lose one's life; to meet an unnatural death

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