See leave for dead on Wiktionary
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"sense": "to abandon considering death",
"word": "見死不救 /见死不救"
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"word": "見死不救 /见死不救"
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"sense": "to abandon considering death",
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},
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"sense": "to abandon considering death",
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},
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"sense": "to abandon considering death",
"word": "zum Sterben zurücklassen"
},
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"sense": "to abandon considering death",
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