死中求生 — Chinese idiom
死中求生
sǐ zhōng qiú shēng
Meaning
- to seek life in death ; to fight for one's life
Character by character
- 死sǐdead; death; impassable, inflexible
- 中zhōngcentral; center, middle; amidst; to hit (target),
- 求qiúto seek; to request, to demand; to beseech, to beg
- 生shēnglife, lifetime; birth; growth
Idioms sharing a character
- 不知死活 bù zhī sǐ huó
- 九死一生 jiǔ sǐ yī shēng
- 你死我活 nǐ sǐ wǒ huó
- 兔死狐悲 tù sǐ hú bēi
- 兔死狗烹 tù sǐ gǒu pēng
- 出生入死 chū shēng rù sǐ
- 半死不活 bàn sǐ bù huó
- 厚死薄生 hòu sǐ bó shēng
- 垂死挣扎 chuí sǐ zhēng zhá
- 客死异乡 kè sǐ yì xiāng
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