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斬首行動

简斩首行动 · 繁斬首行動

Mandarin · pinyin zhǎn shǒu xíng dòng

(military) decapitation strike

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首: shǒu · head; first; leader, chief; a poem; Kangxi radical 185
行: xíng · go; walk; move, travel; circulate; Kangxi radical 144
動: dòng · move, happen; movement, action
斩: zhǎn · cut, chop, sever; behead
动: dòng · move, happen; movement, action

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3–3–2–4 · zhan3 shou3 xing2 dong4

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