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Chinese
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to seek survival
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to seek; to look for; to request to seek; to look for; to request; to demand; to beseech |
to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid |
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| trad. (求生不得，求死不能)
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求生
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不得
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求
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死
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不能
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| simp. #(求生不得，求死不能)
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求生
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不得
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求
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死
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不能
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| Literally: “can't live and can't die”.
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Pronunciation
Idiom
求生不得，求死不能
- between a rock and a hard place; in a bind; in a pickle
- to have a fate worse than death (often as a curse)
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