过劳死 (過勞死)
guò láo sǐ
Pinyin

Definition

过劳死 (過勞死)
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guò láo sǐ
  1. karoshi (loanword from Japanese), death from overwork

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
冻死
dòng sǐ
  1. 1 to freeze to death
  2. 2 to die off in winter
半死
bàn sǐ
  1. 1 half dead (of torment, hunger, tiredness etc)
  2. 2 (tired) to death
  3. 3 (terrified) out of one's wits
  4. 4 (beaten) to within an inch of one's life
  5. 5 (knock) the daylights out of sb
去死
qù sǐ
  1. 1 go to hell!
  2. 2 drop dead!
堵死
dǔ sǐ
  1. 1 to block (a road)
  2. 2 to plug (a hole)
  3. 3 to stop up

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

张经理，我实在忙不过来了。我都好几天没回家了，连老婆长什么样都快忘了，这样下去肯定过劳死。你必须得给我招个助理了。
Zhāng jīnglǐ ，wǒ shízài mángbuguòlai le 。wǒ dōu hǎo jǐ tiān méi huíjiā le ，lián lǎopó zhǎng shénmeyàng dōu kuài wàng le ，zhèyàng xiàqu kěndìng guòláosǐ 。nǐ bìxū děi gěi wǒ zhāo ge zhùlǐ le 。
Manager Zhang, I'm really too busy. I haven't been home in days; I don't even remember what my wife looks like. If things keep going this way I'll be worked to death. You need to hire me a secretary.
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