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鐵血

简铁血 · 繁鐵血

Mandarin · pinyin tiě xuè

iron and blood; (fig.) weapons and war; bloody conflict
(of a person) iron-willed and ready to die

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血: xuè · blood; Kangxi radical 143
铁: tiě · iron; strong, solid, firm

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noun

(figurative) strong will and readiness to sacrifice

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