你死我活 nǐ sǐ wǒ huó

lit. you die, I live (idiom); irreconcilable adversaries

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency 20376th word

Definitions

  1. 1. lit. you die, I live (idiom); irreconcilable adversaries
  2. 2. two parties cannot coexist

Characters

Character Meaning
你 nǐ HSK 1
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín)
死 sǐ HSK 4
to die; extremely; inflexible
我 wǒ HSK 1
I; me; my
活 huó HSK 4
to live; alive; living