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死亡
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sǐ wáng |
to die / death |
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受死
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shòu sǐ |
to submit to death; prepare to die!; meet your doom! |
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伤亡
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shāng wáng |
casualties / injuries and deaths |
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孙子
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Sūn zǐ |
Sun Tzu, also known as Sun Wu 孙武 (c. 500 BC, dates of birth and death uncertain), general, strategist and philosopher of the Spring and Autumn Period (700-475 BC), believed to be the author of the “Art of War” 孙子兵法, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武经七书 |
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早逝
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zǎo shì |
early demise / untimely death |
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夏黄公
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Xià Huáng gōng |
Xia Huanggong also known as Huang Shigong 黄石公 (dates of birth and death uncertain), Daoist hermit of the Qin Dynasty 秦代 and purported author of “Three Strategies of Huang Shigong” 黄石公三略, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武经七书 |
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崩
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bēng |
to collapse / to fall into ruins / death of king or emperor / demise |
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诈死
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zhà sǐ |
to feign death / to fake death |
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喜丧
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xǐ sāng |
peaceful death at a very advanced age |
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不是鱼死就是网破
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bù shì yú sǐ jiù shì wǎng pò |
lit. either the fish dies or the net gets torn (idiom) / fig. it's a life-and-death struggle / it's either him or me |
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不免一死
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bù miǎn yī sǐ |
cannot avoid being killed / cannot escape death / to be mortal |
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冒死
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mào sǐ |
to brave death |
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半条命
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bàn tiáo mìng |
half a life / only half alive / barely alive / (scared, beaten etc) half to death |
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死讯
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sǐ xùn |
news of sb's death |
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三长两短
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sān cháng liǎng duǎn |
unexpected misfortune / unexpected accident / sudden death |
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大跃进
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Dà yuè jìn |
Great Leap Forward (1958-1960), Mao's attempt to modernize China's economy, which resulted in economic devastation, and millions of deaths from famine caused by misguided policies |
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一了百了
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yī liǎo bǎi liǎo |
(idiom) once the main problem is solved, all troubles are solved; death ends all one's troubles |
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宋庆龄
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Sòng Qìng líng |
Song Qingling (1893-1981), second wife of Sun Yat-sen 孙中山, influential political figure in China after Sun's death in 1925 |
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生死
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shēng sǐ |
life or death |
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砍死
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kǎn sǐ |
to hack to death / to kill with an ax |