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不首先使用

Mandarin · pinyin bù shǒu xiān shǐ yòng

no first use (policy for nuclear weapons)
NFU

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不: bù · no, not; un-; negative prefix
首: shǒu · head; first; leader, chief; a poem; Kangxi radical 185
先: xiān · first, former, previous
使: shǐ · cause, send on a mission, order; envoy, messenger, ambassador
用: yòng · use, employ, apply, operate; use

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4–3–1–3–4 · bu4 shou3 xian1 shi3 yong4

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bat1 sau2 sin1 si2 jung6

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