死去活來 in Chinese

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "死去活来",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
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      "expansion": "死去活來",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "literal_meaning": "to hover between life and death",
  "pos": "phrase",
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              16
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              6
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          "english": "to cry one's heart out",
          "roman": "kū dé sǐqùhuólái",
          "tags": [
            "Traditional-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "哭得死去活來",
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          "english": "to cry one's heart out",
          "roman": "kū dé sǐqùhuólái",
          "tags": [
            "Simplified-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "哭得死去活来",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be devastated; to suffer terribly; to be within an inch of one's life"
      ],
      "id": "en-死去活來-zh-phrase-jn7xJ5pW",
      "links": [
        [
          "devastated",
          "devastated"
        ],
        [
          "suffer",
          "suffer"
        ],
        [
          "terribly",
          "terribly"
        ],
        [
          "within an inch of one's life",
          "within an inch of one's life"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "欲死欲活"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sǐqùhuólái"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄙˇ ㄑㄩˋ ㄏㄨㄛˊ ㄌㄞˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sei² heoi³ wut⁶ loi⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sǐqùhuólái"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄙˇ ㄑㄩˋ ㄏㄨㄛˊ ㄌㄞˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sǐhcyùhuólái"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ssŭ³-chʻü⁴-huo²-lai²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sž-chyù-hwó-lái"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "syychiuhhwolai"
    },
    {
      "roman": "sycjujxolaj",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "сыцюйхолай"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰy⁵¹ xu̯ɔ³⁵ laɪ̯³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sei² heoi³ wut⁶ loi⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "séi heui wuht lòih"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sei² hoey³ wut⁹ loi⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "séi² hêu³ wud⁶ loi⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sei̯³⁵ hɵy̯³³ wuːt̚² lɔːi̯²¹/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "死去活來"
}

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    {
      "form": "死去活来",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "死去活來",
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  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "literal_meaning": "to hover between life and death",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
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        "Cantonese chengyu",
        "Cantonese idioms",
        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Chinese chengyu",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese idioms",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 來",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 去",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 死",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 活",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
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        "Mandarin idioms",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Mandarin terms with usage examples",
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      "examples": [
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              16
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              2,
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          "english": "to cry one's heart out",
          "roman": "kū dé sǐqùhuólái",
          "tags": [
            "Traditional-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "哭得死去活來",
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        },
        {
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              6,
              16
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          "english": "to cry one's heart out",
          "roman": "kū dé sǐqùhuólái",
          "tags": [
            "Simplified-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "哭得死去活来",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be devastated; to suffer terribly; to be within an inch of one's life"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "devastated",
          "devastated"
        ],
        [
          "suffer",
          "suffer"
        ],
        [
          "terribly",
          "terribly"
        ],
        [
          "within an inch of one's life",
          "within an inch of one's life"
        ]
      ],
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        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
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        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sǐqùhuólái"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄙˇ ㄑㄩˋ ㄏㄨㄛˊ ㄌㄞˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sei² heoi³ wut⁶ loi⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sǐqùhuólái"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄙˇ ㄑㄩˋ ㄏㄨㄛˊ ㄌㄞˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sǐhcyùhuólái"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ssŭ³-chʻü⁴-huo²-lai²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sž-chyù-hwó-lái"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "syychiuhhwolai"
    },
    {
      "roman": "sycjujxolaj",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "сыцюйхолай"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰy⁵¹ xu̯ɔ³⁵ laɪ̯³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sei² heoi³ wut⁶ loi⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "séi heui wuht lòih"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sei² hoey³ wut⁹ loi⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "séi² hêu³ wud⁶ loi⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sei̯³⁵ hɵy̯³³ wuːt̚² lɔːi̯²¹/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "欲死欲活"
    }
  ],
  "word": "死去活來"
}

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"死去活來" meaning in Chinese

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