cố chết
Pronunciation
Northern
/ko˧˥ ʨet˧˥/
Central
/ko̰˩˧ ʨḛt˩˧/
Southern
/ko˧˥ ʨəːt˧˥/
risk one's life
Verb
risk one's life
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Meaning
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Meaning
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Sense 1
Verb
risk one's life
To risk one's life means to do something extremely dangerous that could result in death to achieve a specific goal.
vi Anh ấy cố chết để cứu đứa bé khỏi đám cháy.
en He risked his life to save the baby from the fire.
Parts
cố / chết / 故𣩁
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Parts
cố / chết / 故𣩁
Chinese characters
Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
故𣩁
Candidates by syllable
cố
故（固 / 顧）
chết
𣩁（𣩂）
Bold marks a representative candidate assembled from per-syllable character mappings. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. It is not necessarily a source-aligned spelling for the whole word.
Similar
cố / cố lên
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Similar
cố / cố lên
Use
cố gắng / biến cố / sự cố / cố ý …
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Use
cố gắng / biến cố / sự cố / cố ý …