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非死不可

Mandarin · pinyin Fēi sǐ bù kě

Facebook (Internet slang, pun reading "you must die")

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非: fēi · not, negative, non-; oppose; Kangxi radical 175
死: sǐ · die; dead; death
不: bù · no, not; un-; negative prefix
可: kě · may, can, -able; possibly

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1–3–4–3 · Fei1 si3 bu4 ke3

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verb

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 非……不可 (fēi ... bùkě), 死 (sǐ): must die

name

(colloquial, humorous, slang) Facebook

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