死去活来 sǐ qù huó lái

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

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency 22205th word

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
to die; extremely; inflexible
to go; to go to (a place)
to live; alive; living
to come; to arrive; next