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死而不僵

Mandarin · pinyin sǐ ér bù jiāng

dead but showing no signs of rigor mortis
to die hard (idiom)
to die yet not be vanquished (idiom)

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死: sǐ · die; dead; death
而: ér · and; and then; and yet; but; Kangxi radical 126
不: bù · no, not; un-; negative prefix
僵: jiāng · stiff and motionless, stock still

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3–2–4–1 · si3 er2 bu4 jiang1

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sei2 ji4 bat1 goeng1

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