偿命 — Semantide dictionary

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偿cháng命mìng

to pay with one's life
trad. 償命

Also written 償命【cháng mìng】

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Japanese data from JMdict, JMnedict, KANJIDIC2, and RADKFILE/KRADFILE (EDRDG). Chinese from CC-CEDICT. French and English from English Wiktionary via Wiktextract. Example sentences from Tatoeba. Stroke diagrams from KanjiVG. JLPT levels follow Jonathan Waller's lists. Full credits on the data and licences page.

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偿

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to repay, to compensate for, to recompense, to fulfill (hopes etc)

Pinyin: cháng
Traditional: 償

Strokes: 11
Frequency: 41050 of 2500

Words starting with 偿 Words ending in 偿 Anywhere in a word

命

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life, fate, order or command, to assign a name, title etc

Pinyin: mìng

Strokes: 8
Frequency: 1561 of 2500

Words starting with 命 Words ending in 命 Anywhere in a word