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Mandarin · pinyin yǐn jué

to commit suicide

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引: yǐn · to pull, draw out, attract; to stretch
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决: jué · decide, determine, judge

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3–2 · yin3 jue2

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verb

(Classical) to kill oneself; to die by suicide
(Classical) to adjudicate; to rule; to return

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