性命

xìng mìng

HSK 7freq #6391

Meanings

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xìng mìng

1.life

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Wiktionary

1.life; survival

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Stroke order

Components

性忄生

命亼叩

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Characters

Example sentences

事故差点让他丢了性命。
The accident almost cost him his life.

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Synonyms

一口氣一口气命仔氣命气命活命生命

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Derived terms

丕性命壞了性命坏了性命性命之交性命之憂性命之忧性命交關性命交关性命攸關性命攸关潑性命泼性命身家性命

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Related words

性命攸关 vitally important 机关算尽太聪明，反算了卿卿性命 if one is too calculating, it will be the cause of one's own undoing (famous line in "A Dream of Red Mansions" 红楼梦[Hóng lóu Mèng])