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殉节

xùn jié

2-character word Traditional 殉節

What 殉节 means

1. to sacrifice one's life by loyalty (to one's prince, one's husband etc)

The characters in 殉节

• 殉xùnto be buried with the dead; to die for a cause
• 节jiéjoint; node; (bound form) section; segment; solar term…

Sounds the same

Read xùn jié, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 迅捷fast and nimble

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