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就義
jiù​yì

to die a martyr

Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
就义 就義 jiù//yì
to die a martyr
to sacrifice one's life for a righteous cause; to be executed for justice
to seek justice
(literary) to pursue or move toward what is right and just

Frequency

Movie subtitles
0.210 per million appears in 0% of films
Written text
0.487 per million

Cross-References

Synonym

  • 赴义 fù​yì

Sources

Frequency data
SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
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