痛不欲生 Chinese English dictionary 痛不欲生 translate 痛不欲生 pinyin

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痛不欲生

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Simplified Pīnyīn		English Definition	Traditional HSK
痛不欲生 tòngbùyùshēng	痛不欲生 \| 痛不欲生* \| *痛不欲生	to be so in pain as to not want to live / to be so grieved as to wish one were dead

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Character		Tot Str Rad / Str	Mandarin Pīnyīn	Unihan Definition standalone and in compounds	Jyutping Cantonese	Variant Four corner Cangjie
痛	痛 \| 痛* \| *痛	12画疒 + 7	tòng	pain, ache; sorry, sad; bitter	tung3	0012.7 KNIB


不	不 \| 不* \| *不	4画一 + 3	bù, fǒu, fōu	no, not; un-; negative prefix	bat1	1090.0 MF


欲	欲 \| 欲* \| *欲	11画欠 + 7	yù	desire, want, long for; intend	juk6	8768.2 CRNO


生	生 \| 生* \| *生	5画生 + 0	shēng	life, living, lifetime; birth	sang1	2510.0 HQM

Word decomposition:

Simplified		English Definition
痛不欲生 tòngbùyùshēng	痛不欲生 \| 痛不欲生* \| *痛不欲生	to be so in pain as to not want to live / to be so grieved as to wish one were dead


痛 tòng	痛 \| 痛* \| *痛	ache / pain / sorrow / deeply / thoroughly


不　bù	不 \| 不* \| *不	no; not so / (bound form) not; un-


欲　　yù	欲 \| 欲* \| *欲	desire / appetite / passion / lust / greed


欲　　yù	欲 \| 欲* \| *欲	to wish for / to desire / variant of 慾｜欲


生　　　shēng	生 \| 生* \| *生	to grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born / to arise; to occur / to light (a fire) / to live; to be alive / life / raw; uncooked; unprocessed / unfamiliar; strange / (bound form) student; person engaged in a field / (bound form) male role in traditional opera / (bound form) life; lifetime / (bound form) means of livelihood / (bound form) very; intensely (as in 生疼) / (bound form) in a forced manner (as in 生拉硬拽)