偿命 (償命) chángmìng

chángmìng verb to repay with one's life
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Of a murderer to pay for the crime with his life (CC-CEDICT '償命'; Guoyu '償命'; Mathews 1931 '償命', p. 26)

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  • 要偿命 (要償命) 打死了總是要償命的 — Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢, 第二回 Chapter 85 — count: 2
  • 去偿命 (去償命) 你不去償命坐牢 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第三十八回 Chapter 38 — count: 2