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受禅

shòu shàn

2-character word Traditional 受禪

What 受禅 means

to accept abdication

The characters in 受禅

受shòuto receive; to accept; to suffer
禅chándhyana (Sanskrit); Zen; meditation (Buddhism)

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The four tones and the neutral tone, to read shòu shàn correctly.
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