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九死一生
jiǔ sǐ yī shēng
What 九死一生 means
- nine deaths and still alive (idiom); a narrow escape
- new lease of life
The characters in 九死一生
- 九jiǔnine; 9
- 死sǐto die; impassable; uncrossable
- 一yīone; single; a (article)
- 生shēngto grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born; to arise; to occur; to light (a fire)
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