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蹈海
dǎo​hǎi

to throw oneself into the sea

Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
蹈海 dǎo​hǎi
to throw oneself into the sea
(literary) to commit suicide by jumping into the sea; to drown in the sea
to sail the seas
(literary) to travel by sea; often used as a metaphor for facing great danger

Frequency

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0.059 per million

Cross-References

Synonym

  • 投海 tóu​hǎi

Sources

Frequency data
BCC Corpus (BLCU)
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