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受戒

shòu jiè

2-character word

What 受戒 means

1. to take oaths as a monk (Buddhism)
2. to take orders

The characters in 受戒

• 受shòuto receive; to accept; to suffer
• 戒jièto guard against; to exhort; to admonish or warn

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