tuẫn tiết

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Vietnamese

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Etymology

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Sino-Vietnamese word from 殉節.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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tuẫn tiết

  1. (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.