"累死累活" meaning in Chinese

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Phrase

IPA: /leɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ sz̩²¹⁴⁻³⁵ leɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu̯ɔ³⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA, standard], /lɵy̯²² sei̯³⁵ lɵy̯²² wuːt̚²/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /leɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ sz̩²¹⁴⁻³⁵ leɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu̯ɔ³⁵/, /lɵy̯²² sei̯³⁵ lɵy̯²² wuːt̚²/ Chinese transliterations: lěisǐlěihuó [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄌㄟˇ ㄙˇ ㄌㄟˇ ㄏㄨㄛˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo], leoi⁶ sei² leoi⁶ wut⁶ [Cantonese, Jyutping], lěisǐlěihuó [Phonetic:léisílěihuó] [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, standard], ㄌㄟˇ ㄙˇ ㄌㄟˇ ㄏㄨㄛˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], lěisǐhlěihuó [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin, standard], lei³-ssŭ³-lei³-huo² [Mandarin, Wade-Giles, standard], lěi-sž-lěi-hwó [Mandarin, Yale, standard], leeisyyleeihwo [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin, standard], лэйсылэйхо [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], lɛjsylɛjxo [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], leuih séi leuih wuht [Cantonese, Yale], loey⁶ sei² loey⁶ wut⁹ [Cantonese, Pinyin], lêu⁶ séi² lêu⁶ wud⁶ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization]
Head templates: {{head|zh|idiom}} 累死累活
  1. work oneself to death; tire oneself out through overwork Tags: idiomatic
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      "glosses": [
        "work oneself to death; tire oneself out through overwork"
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      "links": [
        [
          "work",
          "work"
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        [
          "to death",
          "to death"
        ],
        [
          "tire",
          "tire"
        ],
        [
          "overwork",
          "overwork"
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      "zh-pron": "lěisǐlěihuó"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄌㄟˇ ㄙˇ ㄌㄟˇ ㄏㄨㄛˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "leoi⁶ sei² leoi⁶ wut⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lěisǐlěihuó [Phonetic:léisílěihuó]"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄌㄟˇ ㄙˇ ㄌㄟˇ ㄏㄨㄛˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lěisǐhlěihuó"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lei³-ssŭ³-lei³-huo²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lěi-sž-lěi-hwó"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "leeisyyleeihwo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "лэйсылэйхо"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lɛjsylɛjxo"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/leɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ sz̩²¹⁴⁻³⁵ leɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu̯ɔ³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "leuih séi leuih wuht"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "loey⁶ sei² loey⁶ wut⁹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lêu⁶ séi² lêu⁶ wud⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɵy̯²² sei̯³⁵ lɵy̯²² wuːt̚²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "[Phonetic: léisílěihuó]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/leɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ sz̩²¹⁴⁻³⁵ leɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu̯ɔ³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɵy̯²² sei̯³⁵ lɵy̯²² wuːt̚²/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "累死累活"
}
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      "glosses": [
        "work oneself to death; tire oneself out through overwork"
      ],
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        [
          "work",
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        ],
        [
          "to death",
          "to death"
        ],
        [
          "tire",
          "tire"
        ],
        [
          "overwork",
          "overwork"
        ]
      ],
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        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lěisǐlěihuó"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄌㄟˇ ㄙˇ ㄌㄟˇ ㄏㄨㄛˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "leoi⁶ sei² leoi⁶ wut⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lěisǐlěihuó [Phonetic:léisílěihuó]"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄌㄟˇ ㄙˇ ㄌㄟˇ ㄏㄨㄛˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lěisǐhlěihuó"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lei³-ssŭ³-lei³-huo²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lěi-sž-lěi-hwó"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "leeisyyleeihwo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "лэйсылэйхо"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lɛjsylɛjxo"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/leɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ sz̩²¹⁴⁻³⁵ leɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu̯ɔ³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "leuih séi leuih wuht"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "loey⁶ sei² loey⁶ wut⁹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lêu⁶ séi² lêu⁶ wud⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɵy̯²² sei̯³⁵ lɵy̯²² wuːt̚²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "[Phonetic: léisílěihuó]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/leɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ sz̩²¹⁴⁻³⁵ leɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu̯ɔ³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɵy̯²² sei̯³⁵ lɵy̯²² wuːt̚²/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "累死累活"
}

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