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  *去* | 去* | *去
to go / to go to (a place) / (of a time etc) last / just passed / to send / to remove / to get rid of / to reduce / to be apart from in space or time / to die (euphemism) / to play (a part) / (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth / (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker) / (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)
HSK 1
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  *走* | 走* | *走
to walk / to go / to run / to move (of vehicle) / to visit / to leave / to go away / to die (euph.) / from / through / away (in compound verbs, such as 撤走) / to change (shape, form, meaning)
HSK 1
to pass away / to die
HSK 3
to die / death
HSK 6
to be destroyed; to become extinct; to perish; to die out / to destroy; to exterminate
HSK 7-9
to lie down / to die
failed; busted; to have not succeeded / to have died / to have parted company; to have chilled (of a relationship)
HSK 7-9
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  *死* | 死* | *死
to die / impassable / uncrossable / inflexible / rigid / extremely / damned
HSK 3
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  *掛* | 掛* | *掛
to hang; to suspend (from a hook etc) / to hang up (the phone) / (of a line) to be dead / to be worried; to be concerned / (dialect) to make a phone call / to register (at a hospital); to make an appointment (with a doctor) / (slang) to kill; to die; to be finished; to fail (an exam) / classifier for sets or clusters of objects
HSK 3
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  *沒* | 沒* | *沒
drowned / to end / to die / to inundate
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  *跌* | 跌* | *跌
to fall / to tumble / to trip / (of prices etc) to drop / Taiwan pr. [die2]
HSK 6
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  *故* | 故* | *故
happening / instance / reason / cause / intentional / former / old / friend / therefore / hence / (of people) to die, dead
HSK 7-9
(of wind etc) to subside; to die down / to quell; to smooth over (a dispute etc) / to suppress (a rebellion etc)
HSK 7-9
to become extinct; to die out / to lose (sth abstract) completely / to exterminate
HSK 7-9
to die in battle
to die from excessive ejaculation
to pass away / to die
HSK 7-9
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  *磨* | 磨* | *磨
to rub / to grind / to polish / to sharpen / to wear down / to die out / to waste time / to pester / to insist
HSK 6
to die
Heaven; Providence; God / the sky above / to fly skywards / (euphemism) to die; to pass away / the previous day (or days)
to die / to depart from the world forever
to die / to pass away
eternal / everlasting / fig. to pass into eternity (i.e. to die)
HSK 7-9
to die
to die an untimely death (idiom) / to be cut off in one's prime
final radiance of setting sun / fig. dying flash (of lucidity or activity, prior to demise)
will die for sure; to be a goner
to pass away / to die
to leave this world / to die
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  *亡* | 亡* | *亡
to die / to lose / to be gone / to flee / deceased
to die / to depart this mortal coil
(Buddhism) to go to the Western Paradise / (fig.) to die
lit. if the rabbit dies, the fox grieves (idiom); fig. to have sympathy with a like-minded person in distress
(of fire, lamp etc) to go out / to put out (fire) / (fig.) to die down / (of a vehicle) to stall
HSK 7-9
to succeed or die trying (idiom)
to wash out / (fig.) to cull / to weed out / to eliminate / to die out / to phase out
HSK 7-9
afraid to die (contemptuous term)
(of skills etc) to die out / lost / extinct
HSK 7-9
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  *卒* | 卒* | *卒
soldier / servant / to finish / to die / finally / at last / pawn in Chinese chess
to die (euphemism, lit. to return West or to the Western Paradise)
lit. a nobleman stays clear of the kitchen (idiom, from Mencius) / fig. a nobleman who has seen a living animal cannot bear to see it die, hence he keeps away from the kitchen
to die out / to wither away
to live or die / to exist or perish
(Buddhism) to achieve nirvana (extinction of desire and pain); to die (loanword from Sanskrit, abbr. for 涅槃那)
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  *疊* | 疊* | *疊
to pile up / (bound form) repeated / to fold / classifier: stack, pile (of thin objects) / classifier for repeated sections in a musical composition
HSK 7-9
to be reborn / to live in paradise (Buddhism) / to die / (after) one's death
to grieve to death / to die of a broken-heart
dead person / (coll.) to die; (of a death) to happen
(neologism c. 2020) (slang) to die of embarrassment (figuratively)
to die (idiom) / to breathe one's last / to give up the ghost
without concealing anything / to pass away / to die
(dialect) (loanword) to die; to give up the ghost
lit. to be born, to grow old, to get sick and to die (idiom) / fig. the fate of humankind (i.e. mortality)
to die without regrets (idiom); to sacrifice oneself without hesitation
(Internet slang) to go away / to slink off / (transliteration of "go die", possibly from 去死)
alas / alack / welladay / wellaway / to die
to die
to decline / to die out / decline and fall
to die / to depart this life (euphemism) / same as 去世
to die / to pass away
to die for a good cause
to go back to one's roots / to return to one's native place / by ext. to join one's ancestors (i.e. to die)
to die of illness
not trying to avoid the battle-ax (idiom) / not afraid of dying in combat / not afraid of being executed
final radiance of setting sun / fig. dying flash (of lucidity or activity, prior to demise)
to stop breathing / to breathe one's last / to die / to cut the gas supply
lit. if moved to a new location, a tree will die, but a person will live (idiom) / fig. human beings, unlike trees, thrive on change
to weight sth with lead / (of a die) loaded / to pour molten lead into the mouth (as a punishment)
to die
to die in such a way that sb (or sth) else also perishes / to take sb down with oneself / to end in mutual destruction
to die young / short-lived
to die / to leave this world
(idiom) to die in battle
to die (in an accident etc) / to have one's life cut short
lit. fight with one's back to the river (idiom); fig. to fight to win or die
to die / to drop dead
to demonstrate one's sincerity by dying
to die / to pass away
to die young / (Tw) (curse word) drop dead / go to hell / (literary) short life and long life
lit. to ride a crane to Yangzhou / to become a Daoist immortal / to die
(coll.) (of an actor with a bit part) to receive a boxed meal when one's job is done (phrase used e.g. by movie viewers when a character dies)
to die of sudden illness; to die suddenly
dead but showing no signs of rigor mortis / to die hard (idiom) / to die yet not be vanquished (idiom)
to obliterate / to die out / to disappear
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  *諜* | 諜* | *諜
to spy
to die / one's allocated lifespan is accomplished
to be scared of dying
to bury a corpse / to be buried / (fig.) to die (at sea, in a fire etc)
to meet with disaster / to die tragically
lit. to blow out the lamp and put out the candle (idiom) / fig. to die / to bite the dust / to be over and done with
ingrained habits are hard to overcome (idiom); bad old practices die hard
to die / to lose one's life
HSK 7-9
to become an immortal; (fig.) to die
lit. to ascend to heaven / to die
to die / death
to die of illness or injury despite receiving medical help
to die young
to leave first (courteous expression used to excuse oneself) / (euphemism) to predecease; to die first (e.g. before one's spouse)
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  *喪* | 喪* | *喪
to lose sth abstract but important (courage, authority, one's life etc) / to be bereaved of (one's spouse etc) / to die / disappointed / discouraged
lit. torn body and crushed bones (idiom) / fig. to die horribly; to sacrifice one's life

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