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戒命

jiè mìng

2-character word

What 戒命 means

1. prohibition

The characters in 戒命

• 戒jièto guard against; to exhort; to admonish or warn
• 命mìnglife; fate; order or command

Sounds the same

Read jiè mìng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 借命to live out a pointless existence
• 诫命commandment

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