| 九死一生 |
jiǔ sǐ yī shēng |
nine deaths and still alive (idiom); a narrow escape / new lease of life |
| 九 |
jiǔ |
nine / 9 |
| 死 |
sǐ |
to die / impassable / uncrossable / inflexible / rigid / extremely / damned |
| 一 |
yī |
one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit |
| 一生 |
yī shēng |
all one's life; throughout one's life |
| 生 |
shēng |
to be born / to give birth / life / to grow / raw / uncooked / student |