一命呜呼
yī mìng wū hū
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1 to die (idiom)
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2 to breathe one's last
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3 to give up the ghost
不知死活
bù zhī sǐ huó
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1 to act recklessly (idiom)
亡命之徒
wáng mìng zhī tú
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1 runaway (idiom); desperate criminal
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2 fugitive
人命关天
rén mìng guān tiān
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1 human life is beyond value (idiom)
你死我活
nǐ sǐ wǒ huó
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1 lit. you die, I live (idiom); irreconcilable adversaries
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2 two parties cannot coexist
命中注定
mìng zhōng zhù dìng
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1 decreed by fate (idiom)
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2 destined
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3 fated
命在旦夕
mìng zài dàn xī
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1 to be at death's door (idiom)
命归黄泉
mìng guī Huáng quán
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1 lit. to return to the Yellow Springs 黃泉|黄泉[Huáng quán] (idiom)
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2 fig. to die
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3 to meet one's end
命途多舛
mìng tú duō chuǎn
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1 to meet with many difficulties in one's life (idiom)
嗜酒如命
shì jiǔ rú mìng
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1 to love wine as one's life (idiom); fond of the bottle
好死不如赖活着
hǎo sǐ bù rú lài huó zhe
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1 better a bad life than a good death (idiom)
恭敬不如从命
gōng jìng bù rú cóng mìng
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1 deference is no substitute for obedience (idiom)
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2 (said to accept sb's request, invitation etc)
爱财如命
ài cái rú mìng
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1 lit. to love money as much as one's own life (idiom)
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2 fig. avaricious
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3 tightfisted
救人一命胜造七级浮屠
jiù rén yī mìng shèng zào qī jí fú tú
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1 saving a life is more meritorious than building a seven-floor pagoda (idiom)
敢不从命
gǎn bù cóng mìng
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1 to not dare to disobey an order (idiom)
时乖命蹇
shí guāi mìng jiǎn
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1 bad times, adverse fate (idiom)
死去活来
sǐ qù huó lái
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1 to hover between life and death (idiom)
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2 to suffer terribly
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3 within an inch of one's life
死于非命
sǐ yú fēi mìng
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1 violent death (idiom); to die in a disaster
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2 an unnatural death
死活不顾
sǐ huó bù gù
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1 regardless of life or death (idiom)
死要面子活受罪
sǐ yào miàn zi huó shòu zuì
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1 to go through hell for the sake of keeping up appearances (idiom)