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没命

méi mìng

2-character word Traditional 沒命

What 没命 means

1. to lose one's life
2. to die
3. recklessly
4. desperately

The characters in 没命

• 没méi(negative prefix for verbs) have not; not
• 命mìnglife; fate; order or command

Example sentences

• 他瞄准了，却没命中。
  Tā miáozhǔn le, què méimìng zhōng.
  He aimed, but missed.
• 车子若是掉落悬崖他们早就没命了。
  Chēzi ruòshì diàoluò xuányá tāmen zǎojiù méimìng le.
  They would have been killed if the car had gone over the cliff.