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因公殉职

yīn gōng xùn zhí

4-character word Traditional 因公殉職

What 因公殉职 means

1. to die in the course of performing one's duty (idiom)

The characters in 因公殉职

• 因yīncause; reason; because
• 公gōngpublic; collectively owned; common
• 殉xùnto be buried with the dead; to die for a cause
• 职zhíoffice; duty

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