1. from the cradle to the grave (idiom); to go through fire and water2. brave3. willing to risk life and limb
1. deathbed struggle2. final struggle (idiom)
1. lit. you die, I live (idiom); irreconcilable adversaries2. two parties cannot coexist
1. violent death (idiom); to die in a disaster2. an unnatural death
to go all out for sth at risk of one's life
1. to strangle2. to throttle3. to stifle (opinions)
1. to hover between life and death (idiom)2. to suffer terribly3. within an inch of one's life
1. mortal enemy2. arch-enemy
1. arch-enemy2. sworn enemy
1. suspended animation2. feigned death3. to play dead
1. gap in coverage2. gap in protection or defenses3. neglected or overlooked area4. dead end+1 条 1. doom2. death3. desperately
1. rigid2. unwavering3. unbendable4. firm (hold on sth)+1 条 +2 条 1. to behead2. capital punishment3. desperate struggle4. life-and-death+1 条 to just escape from calamity
1. to defend one's property to the death2. to cling obstinately to old habits3. die-hard
1. (lit.) to be born, to grow old, to get sick and to die (idiom)2. (fig.) the fate of humankind (i.e. mortality)
1. one's utmost2. (to fight or work) desperately hard3. to put up a life or death struggle4. at all costs+1 条 (idiom) to be so evil that even death would be insufficient punishment
(of a plant) to wither and die; withered and dead
1. stiff2. rigid3. obstinate
1. dead piece (in Chess)2. stupid move3. hopeless case
1. to view death as a return home2. to not be afraid of dying3. to face death with equanimity (idiom)
1. stagnant water2. backwater
1. victim of an accident2. casualty3. martyr for one's country
1. lit. ashes burn once more (idiom); fig. sb lost returns to have influence2. sth malevolent returns to haunt one
1. separated in life and death2. to part for ever
1. greedy for life, afraid of death (idiom); craven and cowardly2. clinging abjectly to life3. only interested in saving one's neck
1. to feign death2. to fake death
1. nine deaths and still alive (idiom); a narrow escape2. new lease of life
rather die than submit (idiom)
1. to die in an accident2. to die for a just cause
1. lit. at whose hand will the deer die (idiom)2. fig. who will emerge victorious
1. lit. either the fish dies or the net splits2. a life and death struggle (idiom)
1. tight knot2. intractable problem
1. deferred death sentence2. commuted death sentence with forced labor and judicial review after two years (PRC) (legal)
置之死地而后生 置之死地而後生 zhì zhī sǐ dì ér hòu shēng (idiom based on Sunzi's "The Art of War" 孙子兵法[sūn zǐ bīng fǎ]) to deploy one's troops in such a way that there is no possibility of retreat, so that they will fight for their lives and win the battle; to fight desperately when confronted with mortal danger; to find a way to emerge from a dire situation
1. lost letter2. letter containing news of sb's death
1. to learn by rote2. to cram
1. until death puts an end (idiom); one's whole life2. unto one's dying day
1. a pool of stagnant water2. stagnant or listless condition