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放生

fàng shēng

2-character word

What 放生 means

1. to set free a captive animal (in some cases, as an act of Buddhist mercy)

The characters in 放生

• 放fàngto put; to place; to release
• 生shēngto grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born; to arise; to occur; to light (a fire)

Sounds the same

Read fàng shēng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 放声very loudly; at the top of one's voice