人命
rén mìng
Pinyin

Definition

人命
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rén mìng
  1. human life
  2. CL:條|条[tiáo]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

人
rén
  1. 1 man
  2. 2 person
  3. 3 people
  4. 4 classifier: 个 gè
  5. 5 classifier: 位 wèi
人生
rén shēng
  1. 1 life (one's time on earth)
别人
bié ren
  1. 1 other people
  2. 2 others
  3. 3 other person
女人
nǚ rén
  1. 1 woman
恋人
liàn rén
  1. 1 lover
  2. 2 sweetheart

Idioms (20)

一人得道，鸡犬升天
yī rén dé dào , jī quǎn shēng tiān
  1. 1 lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to ride on sb else's success
  3. 3 Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too
  4. 4 Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it
一命呜呼
yī mìng wū hū
  1. 1 to die (idiom)
  2. 2 to breathe one's last
  3. 3 to give up the ghost
一鸣惊人
yī míng jīng rén
  1. 1 to amaze the world with a single brilliant feat (idiom); an overnight celebrity
三人成虎
sān rén chéng hǔ
  1. 1 three men talking makes a tiger (idiom); repeated rumor becomes a fact
三人行，必有我师
sān rén xíng , bì yǒu wǒ shī
  1. 1 lit. if three walk together, one can be my teacher (idiom, from the Analects of Confucius)
  2. 2 you have sth to learn from everyone

Sample Sentences

开店前千万别赶鸭子上架，安全检查没做好就别营业，免得出人命了。
kāidiàn qián qiānwàn bié gǎnyāzishàngjià ，ānquán jiǎnchá méi zuò hǎo jiù bié yíngyè ，miǎnde chūrénmìng le 。
Don’t rush before opening a store. Don’t launch until the safety precautions are taken for fear of fatal consequences.
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哦？你尽力了，那我妈的命谁来赔？根本鬼话连篇、草菅人命！你们这群杀人凶手！你等着，我绝对要告死你们！
ò ？nǐ jìnlì le ，nà wǒ mā de mìng shéi lái péi ？gēnběn guǐhuà liánpian 、cǎo jiān rénmìng ！nǐmen zhè qún shārén xiōngshǒu ！nǐ děng zhe ，wǒ juéduì yào gào sǐ nǐmen ！
Son: Huh? You did all that you could? So who will compensate us for the death of my mother? You're just talking a bunch of codswallop, you clearly have no respect for human life! A bunch of murderers is what you are! Just you wait, I'll sue you until you bleed!
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