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赐死

cì sǐ

2-character word Traditional 賜死

What 赐死 means

1. (of a ruler) to order sb to commit suicide (in lieu of execution)

The characters in 赐死

• 赐cì(bound form) to confer; to bestow; to grant; (literary) gift; favor; Taiwan pr. sì
• 死sǐto die; impassable; uncrossable

Sounds the same

Read cì sǐ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 刺死to stab to death

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