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马革裹尸
馬革裹屍
mǎgéguǒshī
1. to be buried in a horse hide (idiom)
2. to give one's life on the battlefield

Character Breakdown

马
mǎ
horse; surname
HSK 3 3 丶
革
gé
leather, animal hide; to reform; to remove
HSK 5 9 丶
裹
guǒ
to wrap, to encircle; to confine, to bind
HSK 5 14 丶
尸
shī
body, corpse
HSK 6 3 丶

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