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生死攸關

简 生死攸关 · 繁 生死攸關
Mandarin · pinyin shēng sǐ yōu guān

Meanings

  1. matter of life and death
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生
shēng · life, living, lifetime; birth
死
sǐ · die; dead; death
攸
yōu · distant, far; adverbial prefix
關
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关
guān · frontier pass; close; relation
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1–3–1–1 · sheng1 si3 you1 guan1

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sang1 sei2 jau4 gwaan1

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phrase

  1. (idiomatic) to be a matter of life and death

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