Chinese Vocabulary
致命
deadly / fatal
zhìmìng
Usage
Deadly, fatal. 致 (to cause) + 命 (life). The narrator notes that some western Chinese earthquakes have been 非常致命 — extremely deadly, by way of contrast with the (less lethal) Guangxi event.
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