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投缳

tóu huán

2-character word Traditional 投繯

What 投缳 means

1. to hang oneself
2. to commit suicide by hanging

The characters in 投缳

• 投tóuto throw (sth in a specific direction: ball, javelin, grenade etc); to cast (a ballot)…
• 缳huánto bind; to tie; lace

Words starting with 投缳

• 投缳自缢tóu huán zì yìto hang oneself (idiom)

Sounds the same

Read tóu huán, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 投环variant of 投缳

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