unnatural death; violent death
certificate of appointment (to government office)
1. half a life2. only half alive3. barely alive4. (scared, beaten etc) half to death+1 条 name day (tradition of celebrating a given name on a certain day of the year)
1. untitled2. unnamed3. no name4. nameless+1 条 +2 条 year of one's birth sign, according to the cycle of 12 animals of the earthly branches 地支[dì zhī]
1. to die (idiom)2. to breathe one's last3. to give up the ghost
(idiom) stingy; penny-pinching
Second Revolution, campaign from 1913 of the provisional revolutionary government (under Sun Yat-sen and the Guomindang) against Yuan Shikai 袁世凯[yuán shì kǎi] and the Northern Warlords
Glorious Revolution (England, 1688)
1. decreed by fate (idiom)2. destined3. fated
to be at death's door (idiom)
1. to visit the Yellow Springs2. to die
to meet with many difficulties in one's life (idiom)
to love wine as one's life (idiom); fond of the bottle
(idiom) the dignity of authority is above life; one must be willing to sacrifice one's life rather than disobey a military order
amphetamine (medical) (loanword)
Industrial Revolution, c. 1750-1830
1. vitally important2. a matter of life and death
1. lit. to love money as much as one's own life (idiom)2. fig. avaricious3. tightfisted
brave man, willing to risk his life
(one's) last straw to clutch at; one's last hope
bad times, adverse fate (idiom)
to be content with what one is
the Tang and Wu Revolts: the overthrow (c. 1600 BC) of the Xia Dynasty by the first king, Tang 商汤[shāng tāng], of the Shang Dynasty, and the overthrow (c. 1046 BC) of the Shang Dynasty by the Zhou Dynasty founder, King Wu 周武王[zhōu wǔ wáng]
life and death are ruled by fate (idiom)
difficult to obey orders (idiom); much to my embarrassment, I am unable to comply
beautiful women suffer unhappy fates (idiom)
(idiom) to take on a leadership role at a time of crisis
to sacrifice one's life in a crisis
1. to think of oneself as high and pure (idiom); smug and self-righteous2. holier-than-thou
Xinhai Revolution (1911), which ended the Qing Dynasty
We wish you long life and riches! (idiom, conventional greeting)
国民革命军 國民革命軍 guó mín gé mìng jūn National Revolutionary Army