存亡攸關 cún wáng yōu guān

DEFINITIONS

  1. a make-or-break matter
  2. a matter of life and death

CHARACTERS

存 cún exist, live, be; survive; remain
亡 wáng death, destroyed; lose, perish
攸 yōu distant, far; adverbial prefix
關 guān frontier pass; close; relation