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裹屍布

简裹尸布 · 繁裹屍布

Mandarin · pinyin guǒ shī bù

shroud
cloth to wrap a corpse

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裹: guǒ · wrap, bind; encircle, confine
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布: bù · cotton cloth, textiles, linen
尸: shī · corpse; to impersonate the dead; to preside; Kangxi radical 44

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3–1–4 · guo3 shi1 bu4

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