大难不死 (大難不死)
dà nàn bù sǐ
Pinyin

Definition

大难不死 (大難不死)
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dà nàn bù sǐ
  1. to just escape from calamity

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

不
bù
  1. 1 (negative prefix)
  2. 2 not
  3. 3 no
大
dà
  1. 1 big
  2. 2 huge
  3. 3 large
  4. 4 major
  5. 5 great
  6. 6 wide
  7. 7 deep
  8. 8 older (than)
  9. 9 oldest
  10. 10 eldest
  11. 11 greatly
  12. 12 very much
  13. 13 (dialect) father
  14. 14 father's elder or younger brother
大家
dà jiā
  1. 1 everyone
  2. 2 influential family
  3. 3 great expert
死
sǐ
  1. 1 to die
  2. 2 impassable
  3. 3 uncrossable
  4. 4 inflexible
  5. 5 rigid
  6. 6 extremely
  7. 7 damned
一大早
yī dà zǎo
  1. 1 at dawn
  2. 2 at first light
  3. 3 first thing in the morning

Idioms (20)

一不做，二不休
yī bù zuò , èr bù xiū
  1. 1 don't do it, or don't rest (idiom); either give up, or go through to the end
  2. 2 Since we started, we must carry it through whatever happens.
  3. 3 in for a penny, in for a pound
一问三不知
yī wèn sān bù zhī
  1. 1 lit. to reply "don't know" whatever the question (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. absolutely no idea of what's going on
  3. 3 complete ignorance
一尘不染
yī chén bù rǎn
  1. 1 untainted by even a speck of dust (idiom); selfless and incorruptible
  2. 2 spotless
一字不提
yī zì bù tí
  1. 1 to not mention a single word (about sth) (idiom)
一山不容二虎
yī shān bù róng èr hǔ
  1. 1 lit. the mountain can't have two tigers (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. this town ain't big enough for the two of us
  3. 3 (of two rivals) to be fiercely competitive

Sample Sentences

我跟你说，大难不死，必有后福，一回去咱们就去买彩票。
wǒ gēn nǐ shuō ，dànànbùsǐ, bìyǒuhòufú ，yī huíqù zánmen jiù qù mǎi cǎipiào 。
I'm telling you, if a big disaster doesn't kill you outright, there's going to be a reward for you afterward! Let's go buy some lottery tickets!
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