See no zuo no die in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"ref": "2019, Changming Yuan, “Trade Deficit: Chinese Exported into English”, in T. R. Mwanaka, editor, Nationalism: (mis)understanding Donald Trump's Capitalism, Racism, Global Politics, International Trade and Media Wars, volume 2, →ISBN:",
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"ref": "2021 November 15, Bin Liang, Jianhong Liu, Chinese Netizens' Opinions on Death Sentences: An Empirical Examination, University of Michigan Press, →ISBN, page 73:",
"text": "Due to just desert, the offenders' fault is clear: death befalls one only because one commits a heinous crime(s) first.[…]In the Peng Shu and Hu Haolong case (#3), one netizen said, \"[The crime was] shocking. No zuo no die.\"",
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"ref": "2022 December 22, Yao Yao Zhi Xin, Give Me Your Hands and Marry Me 19 Anthology, BEIJING BOOK CO. INC., →ISBN:",
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"text": "He stretched out his hand to support Li Hanyu, who was unconscious in pain, but still pushed it away in disgust. Her hand: \"Ugly girl, get out of here!\" Jing Hengbo let go of his hand, and with a thud, the guy fell to the ground, and the back of his head hit a stone... \"no Zuo no Die.\" Jing Hengbo Road.^([sic])",
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