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殇

shāng
Rare

Definitions

  1. 1. to die in childhood
  2. 2. war dead

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Words Containing 殇

唐殇帝
táng shāng dì

Emperor Shang of Tang, reign name of fifth Tang emperor Li Chongmao 李重茂[lǐ chóng mào] (c. 695-715), reigned 710

国殇
guó shāng

(literary) person who dies for their country

夭殇
yāo shāng

to die young

河殇
hé shāng

River Elegy, influential 1988 CCTV documentary series, said to have stimulated the Beijing Spring democracy movement of 1980s