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隕首

简陨首 · 繁隕首

Mandarin · pinyin yǔn shǒu

to offer one's life in sacrifice

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隕: Look up this written character
首: shǒu · head; first; leader, chief; a poem; Kangxi radical 185
陨: yǔn · fall, slip; let fall; die

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3–3 · yun3 shou3

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to offer one's life in sacrifice

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