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tuẫn tiết

Pronunciation Northern /twəʔən˧˥ tiət˧˥/ Central /twəŋ˧˩˨ tiə̰k˩˧/ Southern /twəŋ˨˩˦ tiək˧˥/
die for principles
Verb
die for principles
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Meaning
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Sense 1 Verb
die for principles Life Events & MilestonesTheme

To take one's own life in order to protect or remain faithful to a noble principle or ideal.

vi Vị tướng đã tuẫn tiết để giữ trọn lòng trung thành.

en The general died for his principles to remain faithful.

Parts
tiết / Sino-Vietnamese; the character is 殉節 / 殉節

OriginSino-Vietnamese; the character is 殉節

Chinese characters Source-aligned
Representative candidate
殉節
Candidates by syllable
tuẫn tiết
Bold marks the representative form aligned to a source as the spelling of the whole word. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. Source and confidence are shown in the heading above.
Similar
tuần tiết / tuẫn táng / tuẫn đạo / tuẫn chức …
Use
thời tiết / tiết kiệm / tình tiết / chi tiết
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