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mìngzàidànxī to be at death's door (idiom)

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        shēngmìng, life (as the characteristic of living beings)/living being/creature/CL:個|个[gè],條...
        mìng, life/fate/order or command/to assign a name, title etc
        mìnglìng, order/command/CL:道[dào],個|个[gè]
        jiùmìng, to save sb's life/(interj.) Help!/Save me!
        mìngyùn, [命運], fate/destiny/CL:個|个[gè]
        zhìmìng, fatal/mortal/deadly/to sacrifice one's life
        xìngmìng, life
使         shǐmìng, mission/long-term task to which one devotes oneself/a calling
        dàimìng, to be on call/to be on standby
        pīnmìng, to do one's utmost/with all one's might/at all costs/(to work or fight) as if on...
        zūnmìng, to follow your orders/to do as you bid
        mìngmíng, to give a name to/to dub/to christen/to designate/named after/naming
        gémìng, revolution/revolutionary (politics)/CL:次[cì]
        mìngzhòng, to hit (a target)
        yàomìng, to cause sb's death/very/extremely/frightening/annoying
        sàngmìng, [喪命], to lose one's life
        rènmìng, to appoint/(job) appointment/CL:紙|纸[zhǐ]
        sòngmìng, to lose one's life/to get killed
        huómìng, life/to survive/to save a life/to scrape a living
        rénmìng, human life/CL:條|条[tiáo]
        méimìng, [沒命], to lose one's life/to die/recklessly/desperately
        táomìng, to escape/to flee/to run for one's life
        mìngàn, homicide case/murder case
        màimìng, [賣命], to throw one's life in for/to haplessly give one's life for/to sacrifice oneself...
        tīngmìng, [聽命], to obey an order/to take orders/to accept a state of affairs
        fèngmìng, to receive orders/to follow orders/to act under orders
        suànmìng, fortune-telling/to tell fortune
        
        wéitāmìng, [維他命], vitamin (loanword)
寿         shòumìng, [壽命], life span/life expectancy/lifetime (of a machine)
        shēngmìnglì, vitality
        shòumìng, ordained or appointed to a post/to benefit from counsel
        bìmìng, [斃命], to meet violent death/to get killed
        zìmìngbùfán, to think too much of oneself/self-important/arrogant
        zhìmìngshāng, [致命傷], mortal wound/(fig.) fatal weakness/Achilles' heel
        tīngtiānyóumìng, [聽天由命], to submit to the will of heaven/to resign oneself to fate/to trust to luck
        rènmìng, [認命], to accept misfortunes as decreed by fate/to be resigned to sth
        
        Tiānmìng, Mandate of Heaven/destiny/fate/one's life span
        wángmìng, to flee/to go into exile (from prison)
        sǐyúfēimìng, [死於非命], violent death (idiom); to die in a disaster/an unnatural death
        xiāngyīwéimìng, [相依為命], mutually dependent for life (idiom); to rely upon one another for survival/inter...
        chūrénmìng, fatal/resulting in sb's death
        gémìngxìng, revolutionary
        
        mìnggēnzi, see 命根[mìng gēn]
        
        chángmìng, [償命], to pay with one's life
        sǐmìng, doom/death/desperately
        duǎnmìng, to die young/short-lived
        wángmìngzhītú, runaway (idiom); desperate criminal/fugitive
        mìngtí, [命題], proposition (logic, math.)/to assign an essay topic
        
        rénmìngguāntiān, [人命關天], human life is beyond value (idiom)
        shěmìng, [捨命], to risk one's life
        zìmìng, to consider oneself to be (sth positive)
        ráomìng, [饒命], to spare sb's life
        kàngmìng, against orders/to disobey/to refuse to accept orders
        
        mìngzhònglǜ, hit rate/scoring rate
线         shēngmìngxiàn, [生命線], lifeline
        mìngmài, [命脈], lifeline
        mìnggēn, lifeblood/the thing that one cherishes most in life/(coll.) family jewels (male ...
        píyúbēnmìng, [疲於奔命], (idiom) terribly busy/up to one's ears in work
        kǔmìng, hard lot/bitter fate/unfortunate
        
        pànmìng, see 拼命[pīn mìng]
        
        mìngkǔ, to be born under an ill star
        
        hěnmìng, exerting all one's strength
        yǔnmìng, [殞命], to die/to perish
        cǎojiānrénmìng, to have disregard for human life (idiom)
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        cuīmìng, to press sb to death/fig. to pressurize sb continually
        shòumìng, to give orders
        gémìngjiā, a revolutionary
        
        
        
        mìngxiàng, horoscope
        móucáihàimìng, [謀財害命], to plot and kill sb for his property (idiom); to murder for money
        wánrmìng, [玩兒命], to gamble with life/to take reckless risks
        ānshēnlìmìng, settle down and get on with one's pursuit
        bēnmìng, to rush about on errands/to be kept on the run
        WénhuàDàgémìng, Cultural Revolution (1966-1976)
        juémìngshū, [絕命書], suicide note
宿         sùmìnglùn, [宿命論], fatalism/fatalistic
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        fùmìng, [復命], to report on completion of a mission/debriefing
        
        fǎngémìng, counterrevolutionary
        
        ěrtímiànmìng, to give sincere advice (idiom)/to exhort earnestly
        bómìng, to be born under an unlucky star (usu. of women)/to be born unlucky
        
        
        mínzhǔgémìng, democratic revolution/bourgeois revolution (in Marx-Leninist theory, a prelude t...

        zài, (located) at/(to be) in/to exist/in the middle of doing sth/(indicating an actio...
        xiànzài, [現在], now/at present/at the moment/modern/current/nowadays
        zhèngzài, just at (that time)/right in (that place)/right in the middle of (doing sth)
        cúnzài, to exist/to be/existence
        shízài, [實在], really/actually/indeed/true/real/honest/dependable/(philosophy) reality
        bùzàihu, not to care
        zàihu, to care about/equivalent of 在於|在于[zài yú]
        
        zàichǎng, [在場], to be present/to be on the scene
        zàiyú, [在於], to be in/to lie in/to consist in/to depend on/to rest with
        
        suǒzài, place/location/(after a noun) place where it is located
        zàiyì, to care about/to mind
        chǔzài, [處在], to be situated at/to find oneself at
        zìzai, free/unrestrained/comfortable/at ease
        qiánzài, [潛在], hidden/potential/latent
        zàizuò, to be present
        nèizài, [內在], inner/internal/intrinsic/innate
        zàinèi, [在內], (included) in it/among them
        wúchùbùzài, [無處不在], to be everywhere
        méngzàigǔlǐ, [矇在鼓裡]/[蒙在鼓裡], variant of 蒙在鼓裡|蒙在鼓里[méng zài gǔ lǐ], lit. kept inside a drum (idiom)/fig. compl...
        
        xīnbùzàiyān, absent-minded/preoccupied/inattentive/with one's thoughts wandering
        zàitáo, to be at large (of a criminal)
        zàishì, to be alive
        
        hézài, where?/what place?
        suǒzàidì, location/site
        gāogāozàishàng, set up on high (idiom); not in touch with reality/aloof and remote
        wēizàidànxī, in imminent peril (idiom)/on the brink of crisis
        zàiháng, to be adept at sth/to be an expert in a trade or profession
        
线         zàixiàn, [在線], online
        zìyóuzìzài, free and easy (idiom); carefree/leisurely
        
        
        jìnzàizhǐchǐ, to be almost within reach/to be close at hand
        zàibiān, [在編], to be on the regular payroll/to be on the permanent staff
        zàiwò, (fig.) to hold in one's hands/to be within grasp
        wàizài, external/extrinsic
        zàilǐ, reasonable/sensible
        
        jìnzàiyǎnqián, right under one's nose/right in front of one's eyes/close at hand/imminent
        zàizhí, [在職], to be employed/to be in post/on-the-job
        zàisuǒnánmiǎn, [在所難免], to be unavoidable (idiom)
        pòzàiméijié, pressing in on one's eyelashes (idiom); imminent
        wúsuǒbùzài, [無所不在], omnipresent
        hǎozài, luckily/fortunately
        
        
        fàngzàiyǎnlǐ, [放在眼裡], to pay attention to/to care about/to attach importance to
        
        lìlìzàimù, [歷歷在目], vivid in one's mind (idiom)
        bùzàihuàxià, [不在話下], to be nothing difficult/to be a cinch
        
        zhǐzài, to have as its purpose/to be intended to/to aim to (do sth)
        mǎnbùzàihu, [滿不在乎], not in the least concerned (idiom)/reckless/couldn't give a damn about it/unpert...
        
        
        
        xiāoyáozìzai, [逍遙自在], free and at leisure (idiom); unfettered/outside the reach of the law (of crimina...
        zàijí, near at hand/imminent/within sight
        zàixià, under/myself (humble)
        zàiyě, to be out of (political) office/to be out of power
        
        
        yǒuyuēzàixiān, [有約在先], to have a prior engagement
        zàitiānzhīlíng, [在天之靈], soul and spirit of the deceased
        
        
        zàixiān, to come first/previous/prior/beforehand/first/formerly
        dàyǒurénzài, there are plenty of such people
        shìzàibìxíng, [勢在必行], circumstances require action (idiom); absolutely necessary/imperative
        
        
        
        zàisuǒbùcí, [在所不辭], not to refuse to (idiom)/not to hesitate to
        
        
        shèzài, [設在], located at/set up in a particular location
        
        
        mángcìzàibèi, feeling brambles and thorns in one's back (idiom)/uneasy and nervous/to be on pi...
        
        
        chéngzhúzàixiōng, see 胸有成竹[xiōng yǒu chéng zhú]
        zàijiào, to be a believer (in a religion, esp. Islam)
        
        
        
        
        
        shìzàirénwéi, [事在人為], the matter depends on the individual (idiom); it is a matter for your own effort...
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        zàiwèi, on the throne/reigning (monarch)
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        

        yīdàn, in case (sth happens)/if/once (sth happens, then...)/when/in a short time/in one...
        Sādàn, Satan or Shaitan
        wēizàidànxī, in imminent peril (idiom)/on the brink of crisis
        
        dàn, dawn/morning/daybreak/day/dan, female roles in Chinese opera (traditionally play...
        Yuēdàn, [約旦], Jordan
        xìnshìdàndàn, to make a solemn vow
        Yuándàn, New Year's Day
        
        tōngxiāodádàn, [通宵達旦], overnight until daybreak (idiom); all night long/day and night
        YuēdànHé, [約旦河], Jordan River
        
        
        huādàn, role of vivacious young female in Chinese opera
        

        xī, dusk/evening/Taiwan pr. [xì]
        wēizàidànxī, in imminent peril (idiom)/on the brink of crisis
        qiánxī, eve/the day before
        xīyáng, [夕陽], sunset/the setting sun
        Chúxī, lunar New Year's Eve
        Bīnxīfǎníyàzhōu, [賓夕法尼亞州], Pennsylvania
        
        
        
西         xīyángxīxià, [夕陽西下], the sun sets in the west (idiom)
        zhāoxī, morning and night/all the time
        
        
        yīzhāoyīxī, lit. one morning and one evening (idiom)/fig. in a short period of time/overnigh...
        
        zhāobùbǎoxī, at dawn, not sure of lasting to evening (idiom); precarious state/imminent crisi...
        xīzhào, glow of the setting sun
        

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