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臣服

chén fú

2-character word

What 臣服 means

1. to acknowledge allegiance to (some regime)
2. to serve

The characters in 臣服

• 臣chénstate official or subject in dynastic China; I, your servant…
• 服fúclothes; dress; garment

Example sentences

• 我们要选择是死亡还是臣服。
  Wǒmen yào xuǎnzé shì sǐwáng háishi chénfú.
  We have the alternative of death and submission.

Sounds the same

Read chén fú, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 沉浮lit. sinking and floating; to bob up and down on water; ebb and flow