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慑服

shè fú

2-character word Traditional 懾服

What 慑服 means

1. to overawe
2. to be scared into submission

The characters in 慑服

• 慑shè(bound form) to fear; to be cowed; (bound form) to frighten; to intimidate; Taiwan pr. zhé
• 服fúclothes; dress; garment

Sounds the same

Read shè fú, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 设伏to prepare an ambush; to waylay

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