"九死一生" meaning in 漢語

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Phrase

IPA: /t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /kɐu̯³⁵ sei̯³⁵ jɐt̚⁵ sɐŋ⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Standard-Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, IPA], /ki̯u⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ su⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ it̚³²⁻⁴ si̯ɪŋ⁴⁴/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Taiwanese, general, IPA, Kaohsiung], /ki̯u⁵³⁻⁴⁴ su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ it̚³²⁻⁴ si̯ɪŋ⁴⁴/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Taiwanese, general, IPA, Taibei]
  1. 非常危險的境遇
    Sense id: zh-九死一生-zh-phrase-IbYW2Vot
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 十死一生 (shísǐyīshēng), 萬死一生 (wànsǐyīshēng) [Traditional-Chinese], 万死一生 (wànsǐyīshēng) [Simplified-Chinese]
{
  "anagrams": [
    {
      "word": "一生九死"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "官話成語",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "官話詞元",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「一」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「九」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「死」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「生」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "有3個詞條的頁面",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "有一字而變調為第四聲的官話詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "有國際音標的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "有詞條的頁面",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "泉漳話成語",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "泉漳話詞元",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "漢語成語",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "漢語詞元",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "粵語成語",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "粵語詞元",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "漢語",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "pos_title": "成語",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "非常危險的境遇"
      ],
      "id": "zh-九死一生-zh-phrase-IbYW2Vot"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jiǔsǐyīshēng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄙˇ ㄧ ㄕㄥ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "gau² sei² jat¹ sang¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "kiú-sú-it-seng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jiǔsǐyīshēng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin",
        "phonetic"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jiúsǐyìshēng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄙˇ ㄧ ㄕㄥ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jiǒusǐhyisheng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade–Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chiu³-ssŭ³-i¹-shêng¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jyǒu-sž-yī-shēng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jeousyyisheng"
    },
    {
      "roman": "czjusyišɛn",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "цзюсыишэн"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "gau² sei² jat¹ sang¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Yale",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "gáu séi yāt sāng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "gau² sei² jat⁷ sang¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "geo² séi² yed¹ seng¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kɐu̯³⁵ sei̯³⁵ jɐt̚⁵ sɐŋ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Taiwanese",
        "general",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "kiú-sú-it-seng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Taiwanese",
        "general",
        "Tâi-lô"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "kiú-sú-it-sing"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Taiwanese",
        "general",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "kiwswitsefng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ki̯u⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ su⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ it̚³²⁻⁴ si̯ɪŋ⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Taiwanese",
        "general",
        "IPA",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ki̯u⁵³⁻⁴⁴ su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ it̚³²⁻⁴ si̯ɪŋ⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Taiwanese",
        "general",
        "IPA",
        "Taibei"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "shísǐyīshēng",
      "word": "十死一生"
    },
    {
      "roman": "wànsǐyīshēng",
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "萬死一生"
    },
    {
      "roman": "wànsǐyīshēng",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "万死一生"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "idiomatic"
  ],
  "word": "九死一生"
}
{
  "anagrams": [
    {
      "word": "一生九死"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    "官話成語",
    "官話詞元",
    "帶「一」的漢語詞",
    "帶「九」的漢語詞",
    "帶「死」的漢語詞",
    "帶「生」的漢語詞",
    "有3個詞條的頁面",
    "有一字而變調為第四聲的官話詞",
    "有國際音標的漢語詞",
    "有詞條的頁面",
    "泉漳話成語",
    "泉漳話詞元",
    "漢語成語",
    "漢語詞元",
    "粵語成語",
    "粵語詞元"
  ],
  "lang": "漢語",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "pos_title": "成語",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "非常危險的境遇"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jiǔsǐyīshēng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄙˇ ㄧ ㄕㄥ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "gau² sei² jat¹ sang¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "kiú-sú-it-seng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jiǔsǐyīshēng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin",
        "phonetic"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jiúsǐyìshēng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄙˇ ㄧ ㄕㄥ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jiǒusǐhyisheng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade–Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chiu³-ssŭ³-i¹-shêng¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jyǒu-sž-yī-shēng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jeousyyisheng"
    },
    {
      "roman": "czjusyišɛn",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "цзюсыишэн"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "gau² sei² jat¹ sang¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Yale",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "gáu séi yāt sāng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "gau² sei² jat⁷ sang¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "geo² séi² yed¹ seng¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kɐu̯³⁵ sei̯³⁵ jɐt̚⁵ sɐŋ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Taiwanese",
        "general",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "kiú-sú-it-seng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Taiwanese",
        "general",
        "Tâi-lô"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "kiú-sú-it-sing"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Taiwanese",
        "general",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "kiwswitsefng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ki̯u⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ su⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ it̚³²⁻⁴ si̯ɪŋ⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Taiwanese",
        "general",
        "IPA",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ki̯u⁵³⁻⁴⁴ su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ it̚³²⁻⁴ si̯ɪŋ⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Taiwanese",
        "general",
        "IPA",
        "Taibei"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "shísǐyīshēng",
      "word": "十死一生"
    },
    {
      "roman": "wànsǐyīshēng",
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "萬死一生"
    },
    {
      "roman": "wànsǐyīshēng",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "万死一生"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "idiomatic"
  ],
  "word": "九死一生"
}

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