"欲死欲活" meaning in Chinese

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Phrase

IPA: /be(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ be(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ uaʔ⁴/ [Hokkien, Xiamen], /be(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ be(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ uaʔ¹²¹/ [Hokkien, Zhangzhou], /be(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ si⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ be(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ uaʔ⁴/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung], /bə(ʔ)⁵ si⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ bə(ʔ)⁵ uaʔ²⁴/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou], /bue(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bue(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ uaʔ⁴/ [Hokkien, Taipei], /be(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ be(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ uaʔ⁴/, /be(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ be(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ uaʔ¹²¹/, /be(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ si⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ be(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ uaʔ⁴/, /bə(ʔ)⁵ si⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ bə(ʔ)⁵ uaʔ²⁴/, /bue(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bue(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ uaʔ⁴/ Chinese transliterations: beh-sí-beh-oa̍h, berh-sí-berh-oa̍h, boeh-sí-boeh-oa̍h, beh-sí-beh-oa̍h [Hokkien, POJ], beh-sí-beh-ua̍h [Hokkien, Tai-lo], behsy'beh'oah [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], berh-sí-berh-oa̍h [Hokkien, POJ], berh-sí-berh-ua̍h [Hokkien, Tai-lo], boeh-sí-boeh-oa̍h [Hokkien, POJ], bueh-sí-bueh-ua̍h [Hokkien, Tai-lo], boehsy'boeh'oah [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun] Forms: 要死要活
Head templates: {{head|zh|idiom}} 欲死欲活
  1. (Hokkien) to be devastated; to suffer terribly; to be within an inch of one's life Tags: Hokkien, idiomatic Synonyms: 死去活來/死去活来 (sǐqùhuólái), 死去活來 (sǐqùhuólái), 死去活来 (sǐqùhuólái)
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      "form": "要死要活"
    }
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        {
          "english": "to cry one's heart out",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Pe̍h-ōe-jī",
            "Traditional Chinese",
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "khàu kah beh-sí-beh-oa̍h",
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "text": "哭甲欲死欲活",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be devastated; to suffer terribly; to be within an inch of one's life"
      ],
      "id": "en-欲死欲活-zh-phrase-jn7xJ5pW",
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          "devastated",
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        [
          "suffer",
          "suffer"
        ],
        [
          "terribly",
          "terribly"
        ],
        [
          "within an inch of one's life",
          "within an inch of one's life"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Hokkien) to be devastated; to suffer terribly; to be within an inch of one's life"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "roman": "sǐqùhuólái",
          "word": "死去活來/死去活来"
        },
        {
          "roman": "sǐqùhuólái",
          "word": "死去活來"
        },
        {
          "roman": "sǐqùhuólái",
          "word": "死去活来"
        }
      ],
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        "idiomatic"
      ]
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "zh-pron": "beh-sí-beh-oa̍h"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "berh-sí-berh-oa̍h"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "boeh-sí-boeh-oa̍h"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "beh-sí-beh-oa̍h"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "beh-sí-beh-ua̍h"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "behsy'beh'oah"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/be(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ be(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ uaʔ⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/be(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ be(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ uaʔ¹²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/be(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ si⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ be(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ uaʔ⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "berh-sí-berh-oa̍h"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "berh-sí-berh-ua̍h"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bə(ʔ)⁵ si⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ bə(ʔ)⁵ uaʔ²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "boeh-sí-boeh-oa̍h"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bueh-sí-bueh-ua̍h"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "boehsy'boeh'oah"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bue(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bue(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ uaʔ⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "/ berh-sí-berh-oa̍h /"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/be(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ be(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ uaʔ⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/be(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ be(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ uaʔ¹²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/be(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ si⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ be(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ uaʔ⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bə(ʔ)⁵ si⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ bə(ʔ)⁵ uaʔ²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bue(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bue(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ uaʔ⁴/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "欲死欲活"
}
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      "form": "要死要活"
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          "english": "to cry one's heart out",
          "raw_tags": [
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            "Traditional Chinese",
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "khàu kah beh-sí-beh-oa̍h",
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "text": "哭甲欲死欲活",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be devastated; to suffer terribly; to be within an inch of one's life"
      ],
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          "devastated",
          "devastated"
        ],
        [
          "suffer",
          "suffer"
        ],
        [
          "terribly",
          "terribly"
        ],
        [
          "within an inch of one's life",
          "within an inch of one's life"
        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Hokkien) to be devastated; to suffer terribly; to be within an inch of one's life"
      ],
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        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "zh-pron": "beh-sí-beh-oa̍h"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "berh-sí-berh-oa̍h"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "boeh-sí-boeh-oa̍h"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "beh-sí-beh-oa̍h"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "beh-sí-beh-ua̍h"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "behsy'beh'oah"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/be(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ be(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ uaʔ⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/be(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ be(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ uaʔ¹²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/be(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ si⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ be(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ uaʔ⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "berh-sí-berh-oa̍h"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "berh-sí-berh-ua̍h"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bə(ʔ)⁵ si⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ bə(ʔ)⁵ uaʔ²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "boeh-sí-boeh-oa̍h"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bueh-sí-bueh-ua̍h"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "boehsy'boeh'oah"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bue(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bue(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ uaʔ⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "/ berh-sí-berh-oa̍h /"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/be(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ be(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ uaʔ⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/be(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ be(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ uaʔ¹²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/be(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ si⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ be(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ uaʔ⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bə(ʔ)⁵ si⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ bə(ʔ)⁵ uaʔ²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bue(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bue(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ uaʔ⁴/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "sǐqùhuólái",
      "word": "死去活來/死去活来"
    },
    {
      "roman": "sǐqùhuólái",
      "word": "死去活來"
    },
    {
      "roman": "sǐqùhuólái",
      "word": "死去活来"
    }
  ],
  "word": "欲死欲活"
}

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