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生死

shēng sǐ

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

生死 (shēng sǐ) means "life or death". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 生死 means

1. life or death

The characters in 生死

• 生shēngto grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born; to arise; to occur; to light (a fire)
• 死sǐto die; impassable; uncrossable

Words starting with 生死

• 生死存亡shēng sǐ cún wángmatter of life and death
• 生死关头shēng sǐ guān tóuthe critical moment; life and death crisis
• 生死有命shēng sǐ yǒu mìnglife and death are ruled by fate (idiom)
• 生死肉骨shēng sǐ ròu gǔlit. the dead returning to life; a miracle (idiom)
• 生死搭档shēng sǐ dā dànginseparable partner
• 生死攸关shēng sǐ yōu guānmatter of life and death

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