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殉职

xùn zhí

2-character word Traditional 殉職

What 殉职 means

1. to die in the line of duty

The characters in 殉职

• 殉xùnto be buried with the dead; to die for a cause
• 职zhíoffice; duty

Words containing 殉职

• 因公殉职yīn gōng xùn zhíto die in the course of performing one's duty (idiom)

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