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生命不息，戰鬥不止

简生命不息，战斗不止 · 繁生命不息，戰鬥不止

Mandarin · pinyin shēng mìng bù xī , zhàn dòu bù zhǐ

while there is life, the fight continues (idiom); to fight to the last

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生: shēng · life, living, lifetime; birth
命: mìng · life; destiny, fate, luck; an order, instruction
不: bù · no, not; un-; negative prefix
息: xī · rest, put stop to, end, cease
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止: zhǐ · stop, halt, desist; detain
战: zhàn · war, fighting, battle
斗: dòu · dǒu · a dipper; unit of volume (ten 升 or litres); Kangxi radical 68; 8th lunar mansion, determinative star φ Sagittarii

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