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血債血償
简 血债血偿 · 繁 血債血償Mandarin · pinyin xuè zhài xuè cháng
Meanings
- a debt of blood must be paid in blood; blood calls for blood
- also pr. xuè zhài xiě cháng
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4–4–4–2 · xue4 zhai4 xue4 chang2
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
hyut3 zaai3 hyut3 soeng4
Cantonese word readings for 血債血償. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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hyut3 zaai3 hyut3 soeng4
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phrase
- (idiomatic) Debts of blood must be paid in blood. / Blood must atone for blood.
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