"Death" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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死亡 sǐ wáng to die / death
死神 sǐ shén mythological figure (such as the Grim Reaper) in charge of taking the souls of those who die / (fig.) death
死命 sǐ mìng doom / death / desperately
半死 bàn sǐ half dead (of torment, hunger, tiredness etc) / (tired) to death / (terrified) out of one's wits / (beaten) to within an inch of one's life / (knock) the daylights out of sb
离世 lí shì to pass away / death
圆寂 yuán jì death / to pass away (of Buddhist monks, nuns etc)
故去 gù qù to die / death
生死 shēng sǐ life or death
打死 dǎ sǐ to kill / to beat to death
生机 shēng jī opportunity to live / to reprieve from death / life force / vitality
死后 sǐ hòu after death / posthumous
孙子 Sūn zǐ Sun Tzu, also known as Sun Wu 孫武|孙武[Sun1 Wu3] (c. 500 BC, dates of birth and death uncertain), general, strategist and philosopher of the Spring and Autumn Period (700-475 BC), believed to be the author of the “Art of War&rdquo / 孫子兵法|孙子兵法[Sun1 zi3 Bing1 fa3], one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[Wu3 jing1 Qi1 shu1]
死刑 sǐ xíng death penalty / capital punishment
不行了 bù xíng le (coll.) on the point of death / dying
要命 yào mìng to cause sb's death / extremely / terribly / (used in complaining about sth) to be a nuisance
杀气 shā qì murderous spirit / aura of death / to vent one's anger
无常 wú cháng variable / changeable / fickle / impermanence (Sanskrit: anitya) / ghost taking away the soul after death / to pass away / to die
惨遭 cǎn zāo to suffer (defeat, death etc)
死活 sǐ huó life or death / fate / no matter what / anyway / for the life of me
害死 hài sǐ to kill / to cause death / to do sb to death
饿死 è sǐ to starve to death / to be very hungry
临死 lín sǐ facing death / at death's door
找死 zhǎo sǐ to court death / to take a big risk
死因 sǐ yīn cause of death
死亡人数 sǐ wáng rén shù number of people killed / death toll
惨死 cǎn sǐ to die tragically / to meet with a violent death
处死 chǔ sǐ an execution / to put sb to death
终年 zhōng nián entire year / throughout the year / age at death
死去活来 sǐ qù huó lái to hover between life and death (idiom) / to suffer terribly / within an inch of one's life
掐死 qiā sǐ to throttle / to choke to death
烧死 shāo sǐ to burn to death
砍死 kǎn sǐ to hack to death / to kill with an ax
哀悼 āi dào to grieve over sb's death / to lament sb's death / mourning
死守 sǐ shǒu to defend one's property to the death / to cling obstinately to old habits / die-hard
毙命 bì mìng to meet violent death / to get killed
噩耗 è hào news of sb's death / grievous news
冻死 dòng sǐ to freeze to death / to die off in winter
早逝 zǎo shì early demise / untimely death
砸死 zá sǐ to crush to death
千钧一发 qiān jūn yī fà a thousand pounds hangs by a thread (idiom) / imminent peril / a matter of life or death
摔死 shuāi sǐ to fall to one's death
生死存亡 shēng sǐ cún wáng matter of life and death
垂危 chuí wēi close to death / life-threatening (illness)
半条命 bàn tiáo mìng half a life / only half alive / barely alive / (scared, beaten etc) half to death
压死 yā sǐ to crush to death
烦死了 fán sǐ le to annoy to death
弄死 nòng sǐ to kill / to put to death
刺死 cì sǐ to stab to death
瞑目 míng mù to close one's eyes / (fig.) to be contented at the time of one's death (Dying without closing one's eyes would signify having unresolved grievances.)
早死 zǎo sǐ early demise / untimely death
死讯 sǐ xùn news of sb's death
生离死别 shēng lí sǐ bié separated in life and death / to part for ever
吊死 diào sǐ death by hanging / to hang oneself
死缓 sǐ huǎn deferred death sentence / commuted death sentence with forced labor and judicial review after two years (PRC) (legal)
逼死 bī sǐ to hound sb to death
假死 jiǎ sǐ suspended animation / feigned death / to play dead
临危 lín wēi dying (from illness) / facing death / on one's deathbed
死生 sǐ shēng life or death / critical (event)
死囚 sǐ qiú prisoner that awaits execution / convict sentenced to death / someone on death row
死期 sǐ qī time of death / limited to a fixed period of time / fixed term
死于非命 sǐ yú fēi mìng violent death (idiom) / to die in a disaster / an unnatural death
寻死 xún sǐ to attempt suicide / to court death
凌迟 líng chí the lingering death / the death of a thousand cuts (old form of capital punishment)
坐以待毙 zuò yǐ dài bì to sit and wait for death (idiom) / resigned to one's fate
执行死刑 zhí xíng sǐ xíng to carry out the death penalty
白头偕老 bái tóu xié lǎo (to live together until the) white hairs of old age (idiom) / to live to a ripe old age in conjugal bliss / until death do us part
死战 sǐ zhàn fight to the death / desperate struggle
贪生怕死 tān shēng pà sǐ greedy for life, afraid of death (idiom) / craven and cowardly / clinging abjectly to life / only interested in saving one's neck
三长两短 sān cháng liǎng duǎn unexpected misfortune / unexpected accident / sudden death
濒死 bīn sǐ nearing death / on the point of demise / approaching extinction
忌日 jì rì anniversary of a death / inauspicious day
一了百了 yī liǎo bǎi liǎo once the main problem is solved, all troubles are solved / death ends all one's troubles
驾崩 jià bēng death of king or emperor / demise
五七 wǔ qī memorial activity 35 days after a person's death
烈女 liè nu:3 a woman who dies fighting for her honor or follows her husband in death
生灭 shēng miè life and death
死亡笔记 sǐ wáng bǐ jì Death note (Japanese: デスノート), translation of cult manga series by author ŌBA Tsugumi 大場鶇|大场鸫[Da4 chang3 Dong1] (pen-name) and illustrator OBATA Takeshi 小畑健[Xiao3 tian2 Jian4]
孙武 Sūn Wǔ Sun Wu, also known as Sun Tzu 孫子|孙子[Sun1 zi3] (c. 500 BC, dates of birth and death uncertain), general, strategist and philosopher of the Spring and Autumn Period (700-475 BC), believed to be the author of the “Art of War&rdquo / 孫子兵法|孙子兵法[Sun1 zi3 Bing1 fa3], one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[Wu3 jing1 Qi1 shu1]
姜子牙 Jiāng Zǐ yá Jiang Ziya (c. 1100 BC, dates of birth and death unknown), partly mythical sage advisor to King Wen of Zhou 周文王[Zhou1 Wen2 wang2] and purported author of “Six Secret Strategic Teachings&rdquo / 六韜|六韬[Liu4 tao1], one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[Wu3 jing1 Qi1 shu1]
死磕 sǐ kē (coll.) to fight to the death
从一而终 cóng yī ér zhōng faithful unto death (i.e. Confucian ban on widow remarrying)
生死攸关 shēng sǐ yōu guān matter of life and death
弥留之际 mí liú zhī jì on one's deathbed / at the point of death
过劳死 guò láo sǐ karoshi (loanword from Japanese), death from overwork
鱼死网破 yú sǐ wǎng pò lit. either the fish dies or the net splits / a life and death struggle (idiom)
脑死亡 nǎo sǐ wáng brain death
死别 sǐ bié to be parted by death
死有余辜 sǐ yǒu yú gū death cannot wipe out the crimes (idiom) / dreadful crimes that rankled even after the perpetrator is dead
拼死拼活 pīn sǐ pīn huó one's utmost / (to fight or work) desperately hard / to put up a life or death struggle / at all costs
诈死 zhà sǐ to feign death / to fake death
赵紫阳 Zhào Zǐ yáng Zhao Ziyang (1919-2005), PRC reforming politician, general secretary of Chinese Communist Party 1987-1989, held under house arrest from 1989 to his death, and non-person since then
非命 fēi mìng violent death / killed in a disaster
生死有命 shēng sǐ yǒu mìng life and death are ruled by fate (idiom)
凶事 xiōng shì fateful accident / inauspicious matter (involving death or casualties)
吴晗 Wú Hán Wu Han (1909-1969), historian, author of biography of Zhu Yuanzhang 朱元璋, hounded to his death together with several members of his family during the cultural revolution
诛戮 zhū lù to put to death
黑死病 hēi sǐ bìng bubonic plague / Black Death
忌辰 jì chén anniversary of a death
悲悼 bēi dào to mourn / to grieve over sb's death
赠 zèng to give as a present / to repel / to bestow an honorary title after death (old)
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