要死
yào sǐ
Pinyin

Definition

要死
 - 
yào sǐ
  1. extremely
  2. awfully

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

死
sǐ
  1. 1 to die
  2. 2 impassable
  3. 3 uncrossable
  4. 4 inflexible
  5. 5 rigid
  6. 6 extremely
  7. 7 damned
要
yāo
  1. 1 to demand
  2. 2 to request
  3. 3 to coerce
主要
zhǔ yào
  1. 1 main
  2. 2 principal
  3. 3 major
  4. 4 primary
冻死
dòng sǐ
  1. 1 to freeze to death
  2. 2 to die off in winter
只要
zhǐ yào
  1. 1 if only
  2. 2 so long as

Idioms (20)

不到黄河心不死
bù dào Huáng Hé xīn bù sǐ
  1. 1 lit. not to stop until one reaches the Yellow River (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to persevere until one reaches one's goal
  3. 3 to keep going while some hope is left
不是鱼死就是网破
bù shì yú sǐ jiù shì wǎng pò
  1. 1 lit. either the fish dies or the net gets torn (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. it's a life-and-death struggle
  3. 3 it's either him or me
不知死活
bù zhī sǐ huó
  1. 1 to act recklessly (idiom)
不要在一棵树上吊死
bù yào zài yī kē shù shàng diào sǐ
  1. 1 don't insist on only taking one road to Rome (idiom)
  2. 2 there's more than one way to skin a cat
九死一生
jiǔ sǐ yī shēng
  1. 1 nine deaths and still alive (idiom); a narrow escape
  2. 2 new lease of life

Sample Sentences

门口停了辆破车，脏得要死，我都不敢停在它旁边。
ménkǒu tíng le liàng pò chē ，zāng de yàosǐ ，wǒ dōu bù gǎn tíng zài tā pángbiān 。
There's a dreadfully dirty car parked at the entrance. I didn't dare to park next to it.
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我每天忙得要死，而他却一直在看电影，上网。
wǒ měitiān máng de yào sǐ ，ér tā què yīzhí zài kàn diànyǐng ，shàngwǎng 。
I'm so busy everyday, but he, on the other hand, continues to watch movies and surf the net.
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天天在家，无聊得要死。
tiāntiān zài jiā ，wúliáo de yàosǐ 。
I'm at home every day. I'm so bored I could die.
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质量差得要死，还这么贵？
zhìliàng chà de yàosǐ ，hái zhème guì ？
The quality is so crappy and it's this expensive?
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吃得太多了，撑得要死。
chī de tài duō le ，chēng de yàosǐ 。
I ate too much. I'm so stuffed I could die.
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电脑慢得要死，连网页都打不开。
diànnǎo màn de yàosǐ ，lián wǎngyè dōu dǎbukāi 。
The computer is so slow it's killing me. I can't even open a website.
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怕得要死
pà de yàosǐ
scared to death
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