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死刑缓期执行

sǐ xíng huǎn qī zhí xíngdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
deferred death sentence / abbr. to 死緩|死缓[sǐ huǎn]
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-b507859ff79e3d47. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

死刑緩期執行 死刑缓期执行 [si3 xing2 huan3 qi1 zhi2 xing2] /deferred death sentence/abbr. to 死緩|死缓[si3 huan3]/

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Other forms in these source records: 死刑緩期執行

  • 死
    sǐ

    to die / impassable / uncrossable / inflexible / rigid / extremely / damned

  • 刑
    xíng

    punishment / penalty / sentence / torture / corporal punishment

    Xíng

    surname Xing

  • 缓
    huǎn

    slow / unhurried / sluggish / gradual / not tense / relaxed / to postpone / to defer / to stall / to stave off / to revive / to recuperate

  • 期
    qī

    period / cycle / a period of time / phase / stage / classifier for issues of a periodical, courses of study / time / term / to hope / Taiwan pr. [qí]

  • 执
    zhí

    to execute (a plan) / to grasp

  • 行
    háng

    (bound form) row / line / (bound form) line of business / trade / profession / (bound form) commercial firm / (bound form) to rank (first, second etc) among one's siblings (by age) / (in data tables) row / (Tw) column / classifier for rows or lines

    héng

    used in 道行[dào héng]

    xíng

    (bound form) to walk / to go / to travel / (literary) trip / journey / visit / (bound form) temporary / makeshift / (bound form) current / in circulation / (bound form) to do / to perform / capable / competent / all right / OK! / will do / behavior / conduct (Taiwan pr. [xìng]) / (literary) about to / soon

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.