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三贞九烈
sān​zhēn​jiǔ​liè

faithful to the death

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三贞九烈 三貞九烈 sān​zhēn​jiǔ​liè
faithful to the death
be ready to die to preserve chastity or honor; describes a woman (especially a widow) who is extremely steadfast in her loyalty to her husband and refuses to remarry

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BCC Corpus (BLCU)