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萬死不辭

简万死不辞 · 繁萬死不辭

Mandarin · pinyin wàn sǐ bù cí

ten thousand deaths will not prevent me (idiom); ready to risk life and limb to help out

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萬: Look up this written character
死: sǐ · die; dead; death
不: bù · no, not; un-; negative prefix
辭: Look up this written character
万: wàn · mò · ten thousand; innumerable
辞: cí · words, speech, expression, phrase

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4–3–4–2 · wan4 si3 bu4 ci2

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maan6 sei2 bat1 ci4

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(idiomatic) to be willing to risk any danger to do one's duty

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