亡命之徒 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• runaway ; desperate criminal
• fugitive

Character by character

• 亡wángdeath, destruction; to lose; to perish
• 命mìnglife; destiny, fate, luck; an order, instruction
• 之zhīmarks preceding phrase as modifier of following ph
• 徒túdisciple, follower; only, merely; in vain

Idioms sharing a character

• 亡国灭种 wáng guó miè zhǒng
• 亡羊补牢 wáng yáng bǔ láo
• 人琴俱亡 rén qín jù wáng
• 名存实亡 míng cún shí wáng
• 唇亡齿寒 chún wáng chǐ hán
• 国破家亡 guó pò jiā wáng
• 家破人亡 jiā pò rén wáng
• 有名亡实 yǒu míng wáng shí
• 自取灭亡 zì qǔ miè wáng
• 一命呜呼 yī mìng wū hū

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