死去活來 sǐ qù huó lái

to suffer terribly; to hover between life and death (idiom)

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. to suffer terribly
  2. 2. to hover between life and death (idiom)
  3. 3. within an inch of one's life

Characters

Character Meaning
死 sǐ HSK 4
to die; extremely; inflexible
去 qù HSK 1
to go; to go to (a place)
活 huó HSK 4
to live; alive; living
來 lái
to come; to arrive; next