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就木
  • [jiùmù]
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Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

就木 [jiùmù]
  1. 1. verb [classical Chinese] Enter a coffin. A euphemism meaning to die.
    那位重病患者已行将就木, 无药可救了。
    The critical patient is dying and we can do nothing about it.

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

就木 [jiùmù]
  1. 1. 动 [文] 到棺材里去。婉词,指人死亡
    行将就木

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