xúnduǎnjiàn

寻短见

Word · VerbTraditional尋短見

commit suicide

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Meanings

1 sense · 3 examples
1.

verb

to commit suicide

Euphemistic expression for suicide. In spoken Chinese, '寻' is often pronounced 'xín' instead of the standard 'xún'.

Tā他
yīn因
wèi为
qiàn欠
xià下
jù巨
zhài债
ér而
xún寻
duǎn短
jiàn见
 。

He committed suicide because of huge debts.

Wú无
lùn论
yù遇
dào到
shén什
me么
kùn困
nán难
 ,
dōu都
bù不
yào要
xún寻
duǎn短
jiàn见
 。

No matter what difficulties you encounter, never commit suicide.

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Tā她
yī一
shí时
chōng冲
dòng动
xún寻
le了
duǎn短
jiàn见
 ,
ràng让
rén人
shí十
fēn分
wǎn惋
xī惜
 。

She committed suicide on a sudden impulse, which is very regrettable.