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死活

sǐ huó

2-character word

What 死活 means

1. life or death
2. fate
3. no matter what
4. anyway
5. for the life of me

The characters in 死活

• 死sǐto die; impassable; uncrossable
• 活huóto live; alive; living

Example sentences

• 汤姆不知道玛丽的死活。
  Tāngmǔ bù zhīdào Mǎlì de sǐhuó.
  Tom doesn't know if Mary is dead or alive.
• 她的地址死活想不起来。
  I can't for the life of me remember her address.

Words containing 死活

• 不知死活bù zhī sǐ huóto act recklessly (idiom)