死刑缓期执行 死刑緩期執行 sǐ xíng huǎn qī zhí xíng 1. deferred death sentence2. abbr. to 死缓[sǐ huǎn]
活人让尿憋死 活人讓尿憋死 huó rén ràng niào biē sǐ 1. lit. such a fool as to die from holding in one's pee (idiom)2. fig. unable to solve a problem due to the inflexibility of one's thinking
不作死就不会死 不作死就不會死 bù zuò sǐ jiù bù huì sǐ serves you right for doing sth so stupid (Internet slang)
不自由，毋宁死 不自由，毋寧死 bù zì yóu , wú nìng sǐ give me liberty or give me death
人比人，气死人 人比人，氣死人 rén bǐ rén , qì sǐ rén (proverb) constantly comparing oneself to others only leads to dissatisfaction and envy
出师未捷身先死 出師未捷身先死 chū shī wèi jié shēn xiān sǐ "he failed to complete his quest before death" (line from the poem "The Premier of Shu" 蜀相[shǔ xiàng] by Du Fu 杜甫[dù fǔ])
好死不如赖活着 好死不如賴活著 hǎo sǐ bù rú lài huó zhe better a bad life than a good death (idiom)
婴儿猝死综合症 嬰兒猝死綜合症 yīng ér cù sǐ zōng hé zhèng sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS); crib death
树挪死，人挪活 樹挪死，人挪活 shù nuó sǐ , rén nuó huó 1. lit. if moved to a new location, a tree will die, but a person will live (idiom)2. fig. human beings, unlike trees, thrive on change
死要面子活受罪 sǐ yào miàn zi huó shòu zuì to go through hell for the sake of keeping up appearances (idiom)
瞎猫碰上死耗子 瞎貓碰上死耗子 xiā māo pèng shàng sǐ hào zi 1. a blind cat finds a dead mouse (idiom)2. blind luck
不是鱼死就是网破 不是魚死就是網破 bù shì yú sǐ jiù shì wǎng pò 1. lit. either the fish dies or the net gets torn (idiom)2. fig. it's a life-and-death struggle3. it's either him or me
瘦死的骆驼比马大 瘦死的駱駝比馬大 shòu sǐ de luò tuo bǐ mǎ dà 1. lit. even a scrawny camel is bigger than a horse (idiom)2. fig. even after suffering a loss, a rich person is still better off than ordinary people3. a cultured person may come down in the world, but he is still superior to the common people
百足之虫死而不僵 百足之蟲死而不僵 bǎi zú zhī chóng sǐ ér bù jiāng 1. a centipede dies but never falls down2. old institutions die hard
不要在一棵树上吊死 不要在一棵樹上吊死 bù yào zài yī kē shù shàng diào sǐ 1. don't insist on only taking one road to Rome (idiom)2. there's more than one way to skin a cat
人之将死，其言也善 人之將死，其言也善 rén zhī jiāng sǐ , qí yán yě shàn words of a man on his deathbed always come from the heart (proverb)
人为财死，鸟为食亡 人為財死，鳥為食亡 rén wèi cái sǐ , niǎo wèi shí wáng 1. lit. human beings will die for riches, just as birds will for food (idiom)2. fig. man will do anything in his means to become rich
大难不死，必有后福 大難不死，必有後福 dà nàn bù sǐ , bì yǒu hòu fú one is bound for good fortune after surviving a great disaster (proverb)
打蛇不死，反受其害 dǎ shé bù sǐ , fǎn shòu qí hài (proverb) if you deal with a threat but fail to eliminate it, it may come back to harm you
生于忧患，死于安乐 生於憂患，死於安樂 shēng yú yōu huàn , sǐ yú ān lè 1. to thrive in calamity and perish in soft living (idiom)2. life springs from sorrow and calamity, death comes from ease and pleasure
老天爷饿不死瞎家雀 老天爺餓不死瞎家雀 lǎo tiān yé è bù sǐ xiā jiā què 1. lit. heaven won't let the sparrows go hungry (idiom)2. fig. don't give up hope3. if you tough it out, there will be light at the end of the tunnel
鞠躬尽瘁，死而后已 鞠躬盡瘁，死而後已 jū gōng jìn cuì , sǐ ér hòu yǐ 1. to bend to a task and spare no effort unto one's dying day (idiom); striving to the utmost one's whole life2. with every breath in one's body, unto one's dying day
压死骆驼的最后一根稻草 壓死駱駝的最後一根稻草 yā sǐ luò tuo de zuì hòu yī gēn dào cǎo 1. the straw that broke the camel’s back (idiom)2. the final straw
撑死胆大的，饿死胆小的 撐死膽大的，餓死膽小的 chēng sǐ dǎn dà de , è sǐ dǎn xiǎo de fullness for the bold, famine for the timid (idiom)
死了张屠夫，不吃混毛猪 死了張屠夫，不吃混毛豬 sǐ le zhāng tú fū , bù chī hùn máo zhū 1. lit. just because Zhang the butcher dies, doesn't mean we'll have to eat pork mixed with bristles (idiom)2. fig. nobody is indispensable
士为知己者死，女为悦己者容 士為知己者死，女為悅己者容 shì wèi zhī jǐ zhě sǐ , nǚ wèi yuè jǐ zhě róng a true gentleman will sacrifice his life for a friend who understands him, as a woman makes herself beautiful for her sweetheart
variant of 死乞白赖[sǐ qi bái lài]
variant of 凿死铆子[záo sǐ mǎo zi]
see 人比人，人比人，气死人[rén bǐ rén qì sǐ rén]
狡兔死，走狗烹 jiǎo tù sǐ , zǒu gǒu pēng see 兔死狗烹[tù sǐ gǒu pēng]
皇帝不急急死太监 皇帝不急急死太監 huáng dì bù jí jí sǐ tài jiàn see 皇帝不急太监急[huáng dì bù jí tài jiàn jí]