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死去活来

sǐ qù huó lái

4-character word Traditional 死去活來

What 死去活来 means

1. to hover between life and death (idiom)
2. to suffer terribly
3. within an inch of one's life

The characters in 死去活来

• 死sǐto die; impassable; uncrossable
• 去qùto go; to go to (a place); (of a time etc) last
• 活huóto live; alive; living
• 来láito come; (used as a substitute for a more specific verb)…

Words containing 死去活来

• 爱得死去活来ài de sǐ qù huó láito be madly in love
• 哭得死去活来kū de sǐ qù huó láito cry one's heart out