存亡
cún wáng
Pinyin
Definition
存亡
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- to live or die
- to exist or perish
Character Decomposition
Idioms (16)
亡命之徒
- 1 runaway (idiom); desperate criminal
- 2 fugitive
亡国灭种
- 1 country destroyed, its people annihilated (idiom); total destruction
亡羊补牢
- 1 lit. to mend the pen after sheep are lost (idiom)
- 2 fig. to act belatedly
- 3 better late than never
- 4 to lock the stable door after the horse has bolted
人为财死,鸟为食亡
- 1 lit. human beings will die for riches, just as birds will for food (idiom)
- 2 fig. man will do anything in his means to become rich
人琴俱亡
- 1 person and lute have both vanished (idiom)
- 2 death of a close friend
Sample Sentences
死生之地,存亡之道,不可不察也。
Life and death, the way of survival, can not be ignored.