死去活來

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Chinese

to die; impassable; uncrossable
to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid
 
to go; to leave; to remove
to live; alive; living
to live; alive; living; work; workmanship
 
to come
trad. (死去活來)
simp. (死去活来)
Literally: “to hover between life and death”.

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Idiom

死去活來

  1. to be devastated; to suffer terribly; to be within an inch of one's life
    死去活來死去活来  ―  kū dé sǐqùhuólái  ―  to cry one's heart out

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