tuẫn tiết

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 殉節.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [twən˦ˀ˥ tiət̚˧˦]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [twəŋ˧˨ tiək̚˦˧˥]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [t⁽ʷ⁾əŋ˨˩˦ tiək̚˦˥]

Verb

tuẫn tiết

(literary) to kill oneself for something grand, such as a principle, a virtue, an ideal, etc.
Hai Bà Trưng tuẫn tiết.
The Trưng sisters committed virtuous suicide.

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