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葬送

Mandarin · pinyin zàng sòng

to hold a funeral procession and burial
to give sb a final send-off
(fig.) to ruin (one's future prospects etc)

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葬: zàng · bury, inter
送: sòng · see off, send off; dispatch, give

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4–4 · zang4 song4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

zong3 sung3

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verb

to ruin; to spell an end to
to hold a funeral procession and burial
to give somebody a final send-off

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