生命危險

简 生命危险 · 繁 生命危險
Mandarin · pinyin shēng mìng wēi xiǎn

Meanings

  1. risk to one's life
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生
shēng · life, living, lifetime; birth
命
mìng · life; destiny, fate, luck; an order, instruction
危
wēi · dangerous, precarious; high; 12th lunar mansion, determinative star α Aquarii (Sadalmelik)
險
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险
xiǎn · narrow pass, strategic point
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1–4–1–3 · sheng1 ming4 wei1 xian3

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