欲死欲活

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Chinese

desire; longing; appetite
desire; longing; appetite; wish
 
to die; impassable; uncrossable
to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid
 
desire; longing; appetite
desire; longing; appetite; wish
 
to live; alive; living
to live; alive; living; work; workmanship
 
trad. (欲死欲活)
simp. #(欲死欲活)
alternative forms 要死要活

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欲死欲活

  1. (Hokkien) to be devastated; to suffer terribly; to be within an inch of one's life
    欲死欲活 [Hokkien, trad. and simp.]
    khàu kah beh-sí-beh-oa̍h [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
    to cry one's heart out

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