偷生 in Chinese

IPA: /tʰoʊ̯⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /tʰoʊ̯⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/ Chinese transliterations: tōushēng [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄊㄡㄕㄥ [Mandarin, bopomofo], tōushēng [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], tousheng [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], tʻou¹-shêng¹ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], tōu-shēng [Mandarin, Yale], tousheng [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], тоушэн [Mandarin, Palladius], toušɛn [Mandarin, Palladius] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{zh-verb}} 偷生

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  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
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      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "roman": "gǒuqiětōushēng",
          "word": "苟且偷生"
        },
        {
          "word": "螻蟻尚且偷生"
        },
        {
          "word": "蝼蚁尚且偷生"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to choose to live on in disgrace instead of dying honorably; to drag out an ignoble existence"
      ],
      "id": "en-偷生-zh-verb-eQeUYuj7",
      "links": [
        [
          "choose",
          "choose"
        ],
        [
          "live",
          "live"
        ],
        [
          "disgrace",
          "disgrace"
        ],
        [
          "instead",
          "instead"
        ],
        [
          "dying",
          "dying"
        ],
        [
          "honorably",
          "honorably"
        ],
        [
          "drag",
          "drag"
        ],
        [
          "out",
          "out"
        ],
        [
          "ignoble",
          "ignoble"
        ],
        [
          "existence",
          "existence"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "roman": "jièmìng",
          "tags": [
            "literary"
          ],
          "word": "借命"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "Pinyin"
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      "zh-pron": "tōushēng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄊㄡ ㄕㄥ"
    },
    {
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        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tōushēng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tousheng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tʻou¹-shêng¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tōu-shēng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tousheng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "тоушэн"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "toušɛn"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰoʊ̯⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰoʊ̯⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "偷生"
}

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{
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "gǒuqiětōushēng",
      "word": "苟且偷生"
    },
    {
      "word": "螻蟻尚且偷生"
    },
    {
      "word": "蝼蚁尚且偷生"
    }
  ],
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
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        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 偷",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 生",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Chinese verbs",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Mandarin verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to choose to live on in disgrace instead of dying honorably; to drag out an ignoble existence"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "choose",
          "choose"
        ],
        [
          "live",
          "live"
        ],
        [
          "disgrace",
          "disgrace"
        ],
        [
          "instead",
          "instead"
        ],
        [
          "dying",
          "dying"
        ],
        [
          "honorably",
          "honorably"
        ],
        [
          "drag",
          "drag"
        ],
        [
          "out",
          "out"
        ],
        [
          "ignoble",
          "ignoble"
        ],
        [
          "existence",
          "existence"
        ]
      ]
    }
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        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tōushēng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄊㄡ ㄕㄥ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tōushēng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tousheng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tʻou¹-shêng¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tōu-shēng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tousheng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "тоушэн"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "toušɛn"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰoʊ̯⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰoʊ̯⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "jièmìng",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "借命"
    }
  ],
  "word": "偷生"
}

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"偷生" meaning in Chinese

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