大型字书贮存下来大量没有文献用例的字，这些字被称为“死字”。

There are lots of Chinese characters, which have not been used in the ancient classics, which are called "dead Chinese characters".

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大型字书的编纂、修订，应注意“激活”来源于使用领域的“死字” ，淘汰来源于贮存领域的“死字” ，并尽量避免产生新的“死字”。

The compilation and revision of large-scale dictionaries should pay more attention to find examples of those dead Chinese characters from storage, get rid of this kind and avoid of creating new ones.

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We all know what "to die" means in early modern poems.

我们都知道早期现代诗歌中，“去死“这两个字是什么意思。

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