死去 活 來
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[edit]to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid |
to go; to leave; to remove | to live; alive; living to live; alive; living; work; workmanship |
to come | ||
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Literally: “to hover between life and death”. |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄙˇ ㄑㄩˋ ㄏㄨㄛˊ ㄌㄞˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: sǐhcyùhuólái
- Wade–Giles: ssŭ3-chʻü4-huo2-lai2
- Yale: sž-chyù-hwó-lái
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syychiuhhwolai
- Palladius: сыцюйхолай (sycjujxolaj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰy⁵¹ xu̯ɔ³⁵ laɪ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: sei2 heoi3 wut6 loi4
- Yale: séi heui wuht lòih
- Cantonese Pinyin: sei2 hoey3 wut9 loi4
- Guangdong Romanization: séi2 hêu3 wud6 loi4
- Sinological IPA (key): /sei̯³⁵ hɵy̯³³ wuːt̚² lɔːi̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
[edit]- to be devastated; to suffer terribly; to be within an inch of one's life
Synonyms
[edit]- (Hokkien)
欲 死 欲 活
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