| 痛不欲生 |
tòng bù yù shēng |
to be so in pain as to not want to live / to be so grieved as to wish one were dead |
| 痛 |
tòng |
ache / pain / sorrow / deeply / thoroughly |
| 不 |
bù |
no; not so / (bound form) not; un- |
| 欲 |
yù |
desire / appetite / passion / lust / greed |
| 欲 |
yù |
to wish for / to desire / variant of 欲 |
| 生 |
shēng |
to grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born / to arise; to occur / to light (a fire) / to live; to be alive / life / raw; uncooked; unprocessed / unfamiliar; strange / (bound form) student; person engaged in a field / (bound form) male role in traditional opera / (bound form) life; lifetime / (bound form) means of livelihood / (bound form) very; intensely (as in 生疼) / (bound form) in a forced manner (as in 生拉硬拽) |