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缢颈

yì jǐng

2-character word Traditional 縊頸

What 缢颈 means

1. to hang oneself

The characters in 缢颈

• 缢yì(literary) to die by hanging or strangulation
• 颈jǐngneck

Sounds the same

Read yì jǐng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 义警vigilante; volunteer (police)

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