墊屍底

Chinese

		pad; cushion; mat	corpse	background; bottom; base background; bottom; base; (possessive part.); (subor. part.)
trad. (墊屍底)		墊	屍	底
simp. (垫尸底)		垫	尸	底
Literally: “to serve as cushioning for a corpse; i.e. to die earlier than someone else”.

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): zin³ si¹ dai²

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zin³ si¹ dai²
  - Yale: jin sī dái
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzin³ si¹ dai²
  - Guangdong Romanization: jin³ xi¹ dei²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siːn³³ siː⁵⁵ tɐi̯³⁵/

Verb

墊屍底

(Cantonese) to bring someone else down along with oneself

See also

同歸於盡／同归于尽 (tóngguīyújìn)
陪葬 (péizàng)

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