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定刑

dìng xíng

2-character word

What 定刑 means

1. to sentence (a criminal)

The characters in 定刑

• 定dìngto fix; to set; to make definite; to subscribe to (a newspaper etc)…
• 刑xíngpunishment; penalty; sentence

Sounds the same

Read dìng xíng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 定型to finalize (a design etc); stereotype; permanent wave or perm (hairdressing)

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