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出生入死

chū shēng rù sǐ

4-character word

What 出生入死 means

1. from the cradle to the grave (idiom); to go through fire and water
2. brave
3. willing to risk life and limb

The characters in 出生入死

• 出chūto go out; to come out; to arise; to occur; to produce; to yield
• 生shēngto grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born; to arise; to occur; to light (a fire)
• 入rùto enter; to go into; to join; to become a member of; (bound form) to conform to (as in 入时
• 死sǐto die; impassable; uncrossable