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myocardial infarction / heart attack
clinical death
deferred death sentence / commuted death sentence with forced labor and judicial review after two years (PRC) (legal)
to be screwed; to be toast
stagnant water / backwater
to stone to death
to kill
cannot avoid being killed / cannot escape death / to be mortal
to die / death
HSK 6
to brave death
unwilling to give up / unresigned
serves you right for doing sth so stupid (Internet slang)
(dialect) stubborn; obstinate; inflexible
words of a man on his deathbed always come from the heart (proverb)
lit. ashes burn once more (idiom); fig. sb lost returns to have influence / sth malevolent returns to haunt one
to hack to death / to kill with an ax
to learn by rote / to mechanically memorize
endless loop
will die for sure; to be a goner
dying
lethal dose
from the cradle to the grave (idiom); to go through fire and water / brave / willing to risk life and limb
to regard face as all-important / to consider loss of face unthinkable
separated in life and death / to part for ever
lit. even a scrawny camel is bigger than a horse (idiom) / fig. even after suffering a loss, a rich person is still better off than ordinary people / a cultured person may come down in the world, but he is still superior to the common people
to pledge one's life
mortality rate
to tire oneself out through overwork / to work oneself to death
to knock down and kill (with a car, train etc)
to risk one's life
to seek life in death (idiom); to fight for one's life
a pool of stagnant water / stagnant or listless condition
lit. if the rabbit dies, the fox grieves (idiom); fig. to have sympathy with a like-minded person in distress
necrosis
unknown cause of death
to give up / to admit failure / to drop the matter / to reconcile oneself to loss / to have no more illusions about
HSK 7-9
(idiom) to come back to life (after death)
news of sb's death
matter of life and death
to kill / to put to death
afraid to die (contemptuous term)
the Dead Sea
brain death
to suffer an unjust death
to pester someone again and again
jammed / stuck / frozen (computer)
mortal
to go through hell for the sake of keeping up appearances (idiom)
number of people killed / death toll
to be hell-bent on; dead set on sth; unswerving
HSK 7-9
best friends / inseparable sidekick / diehard followers
to fight to one's last gasp
mythological figure (such as the Grim Reaper) in charge of taking the souls of those who die / (fig.) death
an execution / to put sb to death
to court disaster / also pr. [zuo1si3]
to grieve to death / to die of a broken-heart
hands tied and expecting the worst
dead person / (coll.) to die; (of a death) to happen
(neologism c. 2020) (slang) to die of embarrassment (figuratively)
euthanasia
lit. either the fish dies or the net gets torn (idiom) / fig. it's a life-and-death struggle / it's either him or me
(intransitive) to choke to death
prisoner that awaits execution / convict sentenced to death / someone on death row
gap in coverage / gap in protection or defenses / neglected or overlooked area / dead end
lit. a dead pig doesn't fear scalding water (saying) / fig. a person who has nothing more to lose will go to any lengths, regardless of the consequences
devil (used jocularly or contemptuously) / the departed
to kill with an explosion
lit. although dead, as if still alive (idiom); still with us in spirit
greedy for life, afraid of death (idiom); craven and cowardly / clinging abjectly to life / only interested in saving one's neck
to be respected in life and lamented in death (idiom)
lit. to be born, to grow old, to get sick and to die (idiom) / fig. the fate of humankind (i.e. mortality)
lit. to boil the hound once it caught the rabbit (idiom) / fig. to get rid of sb once he has served his purpose
to fight bitterly / hard struggle
rather die than submit (idiom)
to die
suspended animation / feigned death / to play dead
die-hard (fan etc)
to drown
to throw away one's life
(coll.) to pester / to harass
elixir of life
to block (a road) / to plug (a hole) / to stop up
deferred death sentence / abbr. to 死緩|死缓
Death is near at hand. (idiom)
life or death / fate / no matter what / anyway / for the life of me
the dead / the deceased
victim of an accident / casualty / martyr for one's country
to be buried alive as sacrifice (together with husband or superior)
to court death; to take a big risk
go to hell! / drop dead!
lit. if moved to a new location, a tree will die, but a person will live (idiom) / fig. human beings, unlike trees, thrive on change
cause of death
dead end / blind alley
fullness for the bold, famine for the timid (idiom)
mortal danger, escape alive (idiom); a narrow escape / to survive by the skin of one's teeth
(law) negligent homicide
bravery with no thought of personal safety (idiom); risking life and limb / undaunted by perils
to die in battle (idiom)

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