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  *死* | 死* | *死
to die / impassable / uncrossable / inflexible / rigid / extremely / damned
HSK 3
to die / death
HSK 6
to give up / to admit failure / to drop the matter / to reconcile oneself to loss / to have no more illusions about
HSK 7-9
to be hell-bent on; dead set on sth; unswerving
HSK 7-9
deathly stillness
deadline (loanword)
ghost town
to die
dead end / blind alley
the Dead Sea
to crash (of a computer)
death penalty; capital punishment
(idiom) dead end / road to ruin
(coll.) to fight to the death
cause of death
dead person / (coll.) to die; (of a death) to happen
after death / posthumous
the dead / the deceased
rigid / inflexible
casualties / dead and injured
rigid / unwavering / unbendable / firm (hold on sth) / tenacious
mortal danger, escape alive (idiom); a narrow escape / to survive by the skin of one's teeth
capital offense; crime punishable by death / my deepest apologies
dead end / (fig.) the road to disaster
prisoner that awaits execution / convict sentenced to death / someone on death row
(idiom) to come back to life (after death)
time of death / limited to a fixed period of time / fixed term
ayahuasca
doom / death / desperately
fight to the death / desperate struggle
lit. ashes burn once more (idiom); fig. sb lost returns to have influence / sth malevolent returns to haunt one
best friends / inseparable sidekick / diehard followers
to learn by rote / to mechanically memorize
gap in coverage / gap in protection or defenses / neglected or overlooked area / dead end
life or death / fate / no matter what / anyway / for the life of me
stagnant water / backwater
lit. not close one's eyes after dying (idiom) / fig. to die with an unresolved grievance
dead atmosphere / lifeless / spiritless
hopeless situation / deadlock
tight knot / intractable problem
violent death (idiom); to die in a disaster / an unnatural death
news of sb's death
to defend one's property to the death / to cling obstinately to old habits / die-hard
deferred death sentence / commuted death sentence with forced labor and judicial review after two years (PRC) (legal)
to learn by rote / to cram
until death puts an end (idiom); one's whole life / unto one's dying day
lethal point (acupuncture) / vulnerable spot / Achilles' heel
the dead cannot testify (idiom); dead men tell no tales
(idiom) to be so evil that even death would be insufficient punishment
lost letter / letter containing news of sb's death
dead piece (in Chess) / stupid move / hopeless case
stillbirth
stiff / rigid / obstinate
not to repent even facing death (idiom) / unrepentant / very obstinate
unleavened dough
dead but showing no signs of rigor mortis / to die hard (idiom) / to die yet not be vanquished (idiom)
incurable disease / terminal illness
to pester someone again and again
die-hard (fan etc)
person willing to sacrifice his life (for a good cause)
life or death / critical (event)
erhua variant of 死勁|死劲
Portulaca Sundial (a type of plant)
to seek life in death (idiom); to fight for one's life
(ball sports) dead ball
arch-enemy / sworn enemy
deadlock (computing)
Death note (Japanese: デスノート), translation of cult manga series by author ŌBA Tsugumi 大場鶇|大场鸫 (pen-name) and illustrator OBATA Takeshi 小畑健
to die without a burial site / to die a pauper / a tragic end
blind alley; dead end
dead zone / blind spot
dead skin
to go through hell for the sake of keeping up appearances (idiom)
endless loop
die-hard otaku (sb who hardly ever emerges from their home, where they play games, watch movies etc)
fixie; fixed-gear bicycle
unknown cause of death
to come back to life (after death)
lit. to give medicine to a dead horse (idiom) / fig. to keep trying everything in a desperate situation
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
very stubborn / very stubborn person / die-hard
extinct volcano
to die out / to be exterminated / to become extinct
to die / to drop dead
to fight bitterly / hard struggle
casualty (of an accident) / dead and wounded
Dead Sea Scrolls
to flunk (Tw) / (computing) to crash / to stop working
mortality rate
all one's strength / with might and main
dead language / indecipherable script
dormant bank account
to know no shame / to be totally shameless
lit. just because Zhang the butcher dies, doesn't mean we'll have to eat pork mixed with bristles (idiom) / fig. nobody is indispensable
number of people killed / death toll
(coll.) to wash one's hands of a matter
deferred death sentence / abbr. to 死緩|死缓
to be parted by death
Death is near at hand. (idiom)
to hover between life and death (idiom) / to suffer terribly / within an inch of one's life

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