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  *死* | 死* | *死
to die / impassable / uncrossable / inflexible / rigid / extremely / damned
HSK 3
to die / death
HSK 6
to be hell-bent on; dead set on sth; unswerving
HSK 7-9
to give up / to admit failure / to drop the matter / to reconcile oneself to loss / to have no more illusions about
HSK 7-9
the dead cannot testify (idiom); dead men tell no tales
mortality rate
dead person / (coll.) to die; (of a death) to happen
mythological figure (such as the Grim Reaper) in charge of taking the souls of those who die / (fig.) death
rigid / inflexible
the dead / the deceased
to defend one's property to the death / to cling obstinately to old habits / die-hard
gap in coverage / gap in protection or defenses / neglected or overlooked area / dead end
casualties / dead and injured
all one's strength / with might and main
to pester someone again and again
arch-enemy / sworn enemy
to crash (of a computer)
(idiom) dead end / road to ruin
to die in an accident / to die for a just cause
time of death / limited to a fixed period of time / fixed term
Portulaca Sundial (a type of plant)
death penalty; capital punishment
to hover between life and death (idiom) / to suffer terribly / within an inch of one's life
mortal enemy / arch-enemy
prisoner that awaits execution / convict sentenced to death / someone on death row
to die without a burial site / to die a pauper / a tragic end
person willing to sacrifice his life (for a good cause)
dead atmosphere / lifeless / spiritless
stubborn / obstinate / having a one-track mind
brazen faced (idiom); shameless
violent death (idiom); to die in a disaster / an unnatural death
tight knot / intractable problem
mortal danger, escape alive (idiom); a narrow escape / to survive by the skin of one's teeth
(idiom) to come back to life (after death)
dead end / blind alley
lit. to give medicine to a dead horse (idiom) / fig. to keep trying everything in a desperate situation
(idiom) to be so evil that even death would be insufficient punishment
deadlock (computing)
lit. ashes burn once more (idiom); fig. sb lost returns to have influence / sth malevolent returns to haunt one
victim of an accident / casualty / martyr for one's country
extinct volcano
blind alley; dead end
to know no shame / to be totally shameless
deferred death sentence / commuted death sentence with forced labor and judicial review after two years (PRC) (legal)
fight to the death / desperate struggle
news of sb's death
to flunk (Tw) / (computing) to crash / to stop working
to seek life in death (idiom); to fight for one's life
best friends / inseparable sidekick / diehard followers
deathly stillness
stagnant water / backwater
to learn by rote / to cram
to die without regret (idiom, from Analects)
deferred death sentence / abbr. to 死緩|死缓
life or death / fate / no matter what / anyway / for the life of me
doom / death / desperately
life or death / critical (event)
the Dead Sea
unleavened dough
corpse; dead body
dead end / (fig.) the road to disaster
devil (used jocularly or contemptuously) / the departed
lit. not close one's eyes after dying (idiom) / fig. to die with an unresolved grievance
incurable disease / terminal illness
to die or be martyred for a noble cause / to be faithful unto death
stiff / rigid / obstinate
dead language / indecipherable script
to learn by rote / to mechanically memorize
dead piece (in Chess) / stupid move / hopeless case
die-hard (fan etc)
to die
to be parted by death
lost letter / letter containing news of sb's death
after death / posthumous
cause of death
lethal point (acupuncture) / vulnerable spot / Achilles' heel
(ball sports) dead ball
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
number of people killed / death toll
hopeless situation / deadlock
(coll.) to pester / to harass
dead skin
(coll.) to fight to the death
dead but showing no signs of rigor mortis / to die hard (idiom) / to die yet not be vanquished (idiom)
endless loop
to come back to life (after death)
to learn by rote
fixie; fixed-gear bicycle
die-hard otaku (sb who hardly ever emerges from their home, where they play games, watch movies etc)
to be screwed; to be toast
not to repent even facing death (idiom) / unrepentant / very obstinate
Death is near at hand. (idiom)
ayahuasca
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
to die / to drop dead
unknown cause of death
Dead Sea Scrolls
to go through hell for the sake of keeping up appearances (idiom)

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