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殺身之禍

简杀身之祸 · 繁殺身之禍

Mandarin · pinyin shā shēn zhī huò

(idiom) getting killed

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殺: Look up this written character
身: shēn · body; trunk, hull; Kangxi radical 158
之: zhī · marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; go to
禍: Look up this written character
杀: shā · kill, slaughter, murder; hurt
祸: huò · misfortune, calamity, disaster

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1–1–1–4 · sha1 shen1 zhi1 huo4

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(idiomatic) fatal disaster

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