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送終

简送终 · 繁送終

Mandarin · pinyin sòng zhōng

to attend upon a dying parent or other senior family member; to handle the funeral affairs of a senior family member

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送: sòng · see off, send off; dispatch, give
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终: zhōng · end; finally, in the end

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4–1 · song4 zhong1

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

sung3 zung1

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verb

to attend upon a dying senior family member, or arrange and attend their funeral to pay one's last respects

noun

(～卦) A combination 四下 in the Lingqijing.

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