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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
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 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
lit. ashes burn once more (idiom); fig. sb lost returns to have influence / sth malevolent returns to haunt one
to learn by rote / to mechanically memorize
endless loop
to regard face as all-important / to consider loss of face unthinkable
mortality rate
to seek life in death (idiom); to fight for one's life
unknown cause of death
(idiom) to come back to life (after death)
news of sb's death
the Dead Sea
to pester someone again and again
to go through hell for the sake of keeping up appearances (idiom)
number of people killed / death toll
best friends / inseparable sidekick / diehard followers
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
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 fight bitterly / hard struggle
to die
die-hard (fan etc)
(coll.) to pester / to harass
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
cause of death
dead end / blind alley
mortal danger, escape alive (idiom); a narrow escape / to survive by the skin of one's teeth
dead zone / blind spot
to die / to drop dead
doom / death / desperately
dead end / (fig.) the road to disaster
Dead Sea Scrolls
the dead cannot testify (idiom); dead men tell no tales
dead but showing no signs of rigor mortis / to die hard (idiom) / to die yet not be vanquished (idiom)
Portulaca Sundial (a type of plant)
(ball sports) dead ball
not to repent even facing death (idiom) / unrepentant / very obstinate
to hover between life and death (idiom) / to suffer terribly / within an inch of one's life
rigid / inflexible
extinct volcano
life or death / critical (event)
(idiom) to be so evil that even death would be insufficient punishment
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
mortal enemy / arch-enemy
death penalty; capital punishment
deathly stillness
after death / posthumous
deadlock (computing)
to die in an accident / to die for a just cause
person willing to sacrifice his life (for a good cause)
hopeless situation / deadlock
to crash (of a computer)
capital offense; crime punishable by death / my deepest apologies
ayahuasca
unleavened dough
to learn by rote / to cram
rigid / unwavering / unbendable / firm (hold on sth) / tenacious
fight to the death / desperate struggle
to die without a burial site / to die a pauper / a tragic end
lit. not close one's eyes after dying (idiom) / fig. to die with an unresolved grievance
to know no shame / to be totally shameless
enigmatic knot hard to untie (idiom); thorny problem / intractable difficulty
arch-enemy / sworn enemy
deadline (loanword)
Dead Sea Scrolls
lethal point (acupuncture) / vulnerable spot / Achilles' heel
corpse; dead body
time of death / limited to a fixed period of time / fixed term
stillbirth
lost letter / letter containing news of sb's death
stubborn / obstinate / having a one-track mind
tight knot / intractable problem
blind alley; dead end
dead language / indecipherable script
(idiom) dead end / road to ruin
very stubborn / very stubborn person / die-hard
casualties / dead and injured
to be parted by death
to defend one's property to the death / to cling obstinately to old habits / die-hard
casualty (of an accident) / dead and wounded
regardless of life or death (idiom)
stiff / rigid / obstinate
(coll.) to fight to the death
brazen faced (idiom); shameless
to die without regret (idiom, from Analects)
(coll.) to wash one's hands of a matter
dormant bank account

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