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to die / death
HSK 6
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  *死* | 死* | *死
to die / impassable / uncrossable / inflexible / rigid / extremely / damned
HSK 3
to be screwed; to be toast
stagnant water / backwater
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
news of sb's death
best friends / inseparable sidekick / diehard followers
to regard face as all-important / to consider loss of face unthinkable
deadlock (computing)
mortal enemy / arch-enemy
(coll.) to pester / to harass
mortality rate
to seek life in death (idiom); to fight for one's life
number of people killed / death toll
unknown cause of death
to learn by rote / to cram
the Dead Sea
violent death (idiom); to die in a disaster / an unnatural death
to learn by rote / to mechanically memorize
to go through hell for the sake of keeping up appearances (idiom)
mythological figure (such as the Grim Reaper) in charge of taking the souls of those who die / (fig.) death
dead person / (coll.) to die; (of a death) to happen
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
prisoner that awaits execution / convict sentenced to death / someone on death row
corpse; dead body
to come back to life (after death)
gap in coverage / gap in protection or defenses / neglected or overlooked area / dead end
devil (used jocularly or contemptuously) / the departed
until death puts an end (idiom); one's whole life / unto one's dying day
(idiom) to be so evil that even death would be insufficient punishment
to die / to drop dead
to crash (of a computer)
to fight bitterly / hard struggle
casualties / dead and injured
to die
deferred death sentence / commuted death sentence with forced labor and judicial review after two years (PRC) (legal)
die-hard (fan etc)
enigmatic knot hard to untie (idiom); thorny problem / intractable difficulty
life or death / fate / no matter what / anyway / for the life of me
the dead / the deceased
cause of death
arch-enemy / sworn enemy
regardless of life or death (idiom)
dead end / blind alley
doom / death / desperately
dead end / (fig.) the road to disaster
to be parted by death
after death / posthumous
dead but showing no signs of rigor mortis / to die hard (idiom) / to die yet not be vanquished (idiom)
fight to the death / desperate struggle
Portulaca Sundial (a type of plant)
(ball sports) dead ball
(idiom) dead end / road to ruin
not to repent even facing death (idiom) / unrepentant / very obstinate
rigid / inflexible
very stubborn / very stubborn person / die-hard
extinct volcano
life or death / critical (event)
casualty (of an accident) / dead and wounded
to pester someone again and again
to know no shame / to be totally shameless
death penalty; capital punishment
deathly stillness
endless loop
dead atmosphere / lifeless / spiritless
person willing to sacrifice his life (for a good cause)
hopeless situation / deadlock
capital offense; crime punishable by death / my deepest apologies
ayahuasca
mortal danger, escape alive (idiom); a narrow escape / to survive by the skin of one's teeth
unleavened dough
to die in an accident / to die for a just cause
lit. to give medicine to a dead horse (idiom) / fig. to keep trying everything in a desperate situation
rigid / unwavering / unbendable / firm (hold on sth) / tenacious
to die out / to be exterminated / to become extinct
lit. ashes burn once more (idiom); fig. sb lost returns to have influence / sth malevolent returns to haunt one
lit. not close one's eyes after dying (idiom) / fig. to die with an unresolved grievance
victim of an accident / casualty / martyr for one's country
lit. just because Zhang the butcher dies, doesn't mean we'll have to eat pork mixed with bristles (idiom) / fig. nobody is indispensable
Dead Sea Scrolls
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
lethal point (acupuncture) / vulnerable spot / Achilles' heel
to hover between life and death (idiom) / to suffer terribly / within an inch of one's life
time of death / limited to a fixed period of time / fixed term
(idiom) to come back to life (after death)
lost letter / letter containing news of sb's death
stubborn / obstinate / having a one-track mind
dormant bank account
Death is near at hand. (idiom)
blind alley; dead end
dead language / indecipherable script
deadline (loanword)
to defend one's property to the death / to cling obstinately to old habits / die-hard
the dead cannot testify (idiom); dead men tell no tales
to die or be martyred for a noble cause / to be faithful unto death
stiff / rigid / obstinate

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