| 死里逃生 |
sǐ lǐ táo shēng |
mortal danger, escape alive (idiom); a narrow escape / to survive by the skin of one's teeth |
| 死 |
sǐ |
to die / impassable / uncrossable / inflexible / rigid / extremely / damned |
| 里 |
lǐ |
variant of 里 |
| 里 |
lǐ |
lining / interior / inside / internal / also written 里 |
| 里 |
Lǐ |
Li (surname) |
| 里 |
lǐ |
li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m / neighborhood / ancient administrative unit of 25 families / (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 镇 and neighborhood 邻 levels |
| 逃 |
táo |
to escape / to run away / to flee |
| 逃生 |
táo shēng |
to flee for one's life |
| 生 |
shēng |
to be born / to give birth / life / to grow / raw / uncooked / student |