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遗族

yí zú

2-character word Traditional 遺族

What 遗族 means

1. the bereaved
2. family of the deceased

The characters in 遗族

• 遗yí(bound form) to leave behind
• 族zúrace; nationality; ethnicity

Sounds the same

Read yí zú, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 彝族Yi ethnic group

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