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一命歸西

简一命归西 · 繁一命歸西

Mandarin · pinyin yī mìng guī xī

see 一命嗚呼 yī mìng wū hū

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一: yī · one; a, an; alone
命: mìng · life; destiny, fate, luck; an order, instruction
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西: xī · west(ern); westward; occident; Kangxi radical 146
归: guī · return; return to, revert to

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1–4–1–1 · yi1 ming4 gui1 xi1

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jat1 ming6 gwai1 sai1

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