亡 命 之 徒

wáng mìng zhī túdictionary entry

runaway (idiom) / desperate criminal / fugitive

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Original source entry:

亡命之徒亡命之徒 [wang2 ming4 zhi1 tu2] /runaway (idiom); desperate criminal/fugitive/

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亡
wáng
to die / to lose / to be gone / to flee / deceased
命
mìng
life / fate / order or command / to assign a name, title etc
之
zhī
(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de]) / him / her / it
徒
tú
(bound form) disciple / apprentice / believer / (derog.) wrongdoer (as in 騙徒|骗徒[piàn tú] "swindler" or 叛徒[pàn tú] "traitor" etc) / (bound form) on foot / (bound form) bare / empty / (bound form) to no avail / in vain / (bound form) merely / just / only / (bound form) prison sentence
Tú
surname Tu

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