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誓墓
shì​mù

to resign and go into seclusion

Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
誓墓 shì​mù
to resign and go into seclusion
(literary) To quit one's official post and retire from public life, originally referring to the calligrapher 王羲之 wáng​xī​zhī swearing at his parents' tomb never to serve in office again.
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