"Hostage" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 rén zhì hostage
 zhì character / nature / quality / plain / to pawn / pledge / hostage / to question / Taiwan pr. [zhi2]
 ròu piào hostage
 zhì zǐ proton (positively charged nuclear particle) / a prince sent to be held as a hostage in a neighbouring state in ancient China
 sī piào lit. to tear the ticket / to kill a hostage (usually held for ransom)
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