死 sǐ

die; dead; death

HSK 4 #317

DEFINITIONS

  • die
  • dead
  • death
  • to die
  • impassable
  • uncrossable
  • inflexible
  • rigid
  • extremely
  • damned

STROKES

WORDS

你死我活 nǐ sǐ wǒ huó lit. you die, I live (idiom); irreconcilable adversaries; two parties cannot coexist
死于非命 sǐ yú fēi mìng violent death (idiom); to die in a disaster; an unnatural death
拼死 pīn sǐ to go all out for sth at risk of one's life
扼死 è sǐ to strangle; to throttle; to stifle (opinions)
替死鬼 tì sǐ guǐ scapegoat; fall guy
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
死对头 sǐ duì tou arch-enemy; sworn enemy
死敌 sǐ dí mortal enemy; arch-enemy
假死 jiǎ sǐ suspended animation; feigned death; to play dead
死命 sǐ mìng doom; death; desperately
死角 sǐ jiǎo gap in coverage; gap in protection or defenses; neglected or overlooked area; dead end
死死 sǐ sǐ rigid; unwavering; unbendable; firm (hold on sth); tenacious
生死存亡 shēng sǐ cún wáng matter of life and death
死战 sǐ zhàn fight to the death; desperate struggle
殊死 shū sǐ to behead; capital punishment; desperate struggle; life-and-death
大难不死 dà nàn bù sǐ to just escape from calamity
死守 sǐ shǒu to defend one's property to the death; to cling obstinately to old habits; die-hard
猝死 cù sǐ sudden death (in medicine, sporting competitions etc)
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
生老病死 shēng lǎo bìng sǐ lit. to be born, to grow old, to get sick and to die; fig. the fate of humankind (i.e. mortality)
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
逼死 bī sǐ to hound sb to death
死硬 sǐ yìng stiff; rigid; obstinate
死棋 sǐ qí dead piece (in Chess); stupid move; hopeless case
死水 sǐ shuǐ stagnant water; backwater
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