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殉难
xùn​nàn

to die for a cause

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
殉难 殉難 xùn//nàn
to die for a cause
to sacrifice one's life for one's country or a just cause; to die in the line of duty; to become a martyr

Frequency

Movie subtitles
0.420 per million appears in 0% of films
Written text
0.396 per million

Cross-References

Variant of

  • 徇难 xùn​nàn

Sources

Frequency data
SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)