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致命

zhìmìng

“Fatal” in Chinese is 致命 (zhìmìng).

Meaning

  • fatal
  • mortal
  • deadly
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  • to sacrifice one's life

Example

核武器是人类生存的致命威胁。

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

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Not to be confused with: 知名 (zhīmíng, well-known; famous)