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肝腦塗地

简 肝脑涂地 · 繁 肝腦塗地
Mandarin · pinyin gān nǎo tú dì

Meanings

  1. to offer one's life in sacrifice
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肝
gān · liver
腦
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塗
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地
de · dì · earth; soil, ground; region
脑
nǎo · brain
涂
tú · surname; name of certain rivers
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1–3–2–4 · gan1 nao3 tu2 di4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

gon1 nou5 tou4 dei6

Cantonese word readings for 肝腦塗地. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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gon1 nou5 tou4 dei6

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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section

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phrase

  1. (idiomatic) to die a terrible death
  2. (idiomatic) to offer one's life sacrificially in loyalty

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