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击毙

jī bì

2-character word Traditional 擊斃

What 击毙 means

1. to kill
2. to shoot dead

The characters in 击毙

• 击jīto hit; to strike; to break
• 毙bìto die; to shoot dead; to reject

Sounds the same

Read jī bì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 积弊age-old (malpractice); long established (corrupt practices); deeply rooted (superstition)