DICTIONARY · CC-CEDICT

不死不休

Mandarin · pinyin bù sǐ bù xiū

to fight to one's last gasp

Full entryShow on map

Characters in this entry

不: bù · no, not; un-; negative prefix
死: sǐ · die; dead; death
休: xiū · rest, stop; retire; do not!

Written characters and their own readings; the entry’s pronunciation is shown above.

Explore the spelling

Mandarin tones

4–3–4–1 · bu4 si3 bu4 xiu1

Compare attested words with these syllables ↗

Dictionary tones. Connected speech can change their realization.

Connected dictionary

3character links

Explore word families ↗Compare pronunciations ↗Open character structure ↗

Counts describe dictionary records, not word frequency or semantic similarity. Source identities stay separate.

Read this spelling in Classical texts

Follow a written form into the eight pinned witnesses: Analects, Mencius, Laozi, Zhuangzi, Xunzi, Han Feizi, Sunzi and the Mao Shijing. A match is a place to investigate; it does not prove that a modern dictionary sense fits the passage.

不死不休 · find source passages ↗

Explore Classical grammar ↗