九死一生 — Chinese idiom
九死一生
jiǔ sǐ yī shēng
Meaning
- nine deaths and still alive ; a narrow escape
- new lease of life
Character by character
- 九jiǔnine
- 死sǐdead; death; impassable, inflexible
- 一yīone; a, an; alone
- 生shēnglife, lifetime; birth; growth
Idioms sharing a character
- 一言九鼎 yī yán jiǔ dǐng
- 三旬九食 sān xún jiǔ shí
- 九天仙女 jiǔ tiān xiān nǚ
- 九天揽月 jiǔ tiān lǎn yuè
- 九牛一毛 jiǔ niú yī máo
- 九霄云外 jiǔ xiāo yún wài
- 十拿九稳 shí ná jiǔ wěn
- 十赌九输 shí dǔ jiǔ shū
- 龙生九子 lóng shēng jiǔ zǐ
- 不知死活 bù zhī sǐ huó
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