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行刑

Mandarin · pinyin xíng xíng

to carry out a (death) sentence
execution

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行: xíng · go; walk; move, travel; circulate; Kangxi radical 144
刑: xíng · punishment, penalty; law

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2–2 · xing2 xing2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

hang4 jing4

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verb

(formal) to carry out a punishment
(formal) to execute; to sentence to death; to carry out the death penalty

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