| 出生入死 |
chū shēng rù sǐ |
from the cradle to the grave (idiom); to go through fire and water / brave / willing to risk life and limb |
| 出 |
chū |
to go out; to come out / to arise; to occur / to produce; to yield / to go beyond; to exceed / (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result) / classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc |
| 出 |
chū |
variant of 出 (classifier for plays or chapters of classical novels) |
| 出生 |
chū shēng |
to be born |
| 生 |
shēng |
to be born / to give birth / life / to grow / raw / uncooked / student |
| 入 |
rù |
to enter; to go into / to join; to become a member of / (bound form) to conform to (as in 入时) / abbr. for 入声 / (on product packaging, after {number n} + {classifier}) containing (n pieces) (from Japanese 入 "iri") |
| 死 |
sǐ |
to die / impassable / uncrossable / inflexible / rigid / extremely / damned |