"貪生怕死" meaning in 漢語

See 貪生怕死 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Phrase

IPA: /tʰän⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ pʰä⁵¹ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ [Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /tʰaːm⁵⁵ sɐŋ⁵⁵ pʰaː³³ sei̯³⁵/ [Cantonese, Standard-Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, IPA] Forms: 贪生怕死 [Simplified-Chinese]
  1. 貪戀生存,害怕死亡 Tags: derogatory
    Sense id: zh-貪生怕死-zh-phrase-Fvq6rR0n Categories (other): 漢語貶義用語
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 貪生畏死 [Traditional-Chinese], 贪生畏死 [Simplified-Chinese], 貪生惡死 [Traditional-Chinese], 贪生恶死 [Simplified-Chinese], 惜性命 [Hokkien]
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "nìngsǐbùqū",
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "寧死不屈"
    },
    {
      "roman": "nìngsǐbùqū",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "宁死不屈"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "寧為玉碎"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "宁为玉碎"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cōngróngjiùyì",
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "從容就義"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cōngróngjiùyì",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "从容就义"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "捨生忘死"
    },
    {
      "word": "舍生忘死"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shìsǐrúguī",
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "視死如歸"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shìsǐrúguī",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "视死如归"
    }
  ],
  "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「怕」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": "帶「貪」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "有1個詞條的頁面",
      "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": "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"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "贪生怕死",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "漢語",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "pos_title": "成語",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "漢語貶義用語",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "貪戀生存,害怕死亡"
      ],
      "id": "zh-貪生怕死-zh-phrase-Fvq6rR0n",
      "tags": [
        "derogatory"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tānshēngpàsǐ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄊㄢ ㄕㄥ ㄆㄚˋ ㄙˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "taam¹ sang¹ paa³ sei²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tānshēngpàsǐ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄊㄢ ㄕㄥ ㄆㄚˋ ㄙˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tanshengpàsǐh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Wade–Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tʻan¹-shêng¹-pʻa⁴-ssŭ³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tān-shēng-pà-sž"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tanshengpahsyy"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tanʹšɛnpasy",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "таньшэнпасы"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰän⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ pʰä⁵¹ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "taam¹ sang¹ paa³ sei²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Yale",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tāam sāng pa séi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "taam¹ sang¹ paa³ sei²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tam¹ seng¹ pa³ séi²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰaːm⁵⁵ sɐŋ⁵⁵ pʰaː³³ sei̯³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "貪生畏死"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "贪生畏死"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "貪生惡死"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "贪生恶死"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "惜性命"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "idiomatic"
  ],
  "word": "貪生怕死"
}
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "nìngsǐbùqū",
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "寧死不屈"
    },
    {
      "roman": "nìngsǐbùqū",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "宁死不屈"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "寧為玉碎"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "宁为玉碎"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cōngróngjiùyì",
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "從容就義"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cōngróngjiùyì",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "从容就义"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "捨生忘死"
    },
    {
      "word": "舍生忘死"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shìsǐrúguī",
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "視死如歸"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shìsǐrúguī",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "视死如归"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    "官話成語",
    "官話詞元",
    "帶「怕」的漢語詞",
    "帶「死」的漢語詞",
    "帶「生」的漢語詞",
    "帶「貪」的漢語詞",
    "有1個詞條的頁面",
    "有國際音標的漢語詞",
    "有詞條的頁面",
    "漢語成語",
    "漢語詞元",
    "粵語成語",
    "粵語詞元"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "贪生怕死",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "漢語",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "pos_title": "成語",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "漢語貶義用語"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "貪戀生存,害怕死亡"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "derogatory"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tānshēngpàsǐ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄊㄢ ㄕㄥ ㄆㄚˋ ㄙˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "taam¹ sang¹ paa³ sei²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tānshēngpàsǐ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄊㄢ ㄕㄥ ㄆㄚˋ ㄙˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tanshengpàsǐh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Wade–Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tʻan¹-shêng¹-pʻa⁴-ssŭ³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tān-shēng-pà-sž"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tanshengpahsyy"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tanʹšɛnpasy",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "таньшэнпасы"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰän⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ pʰä⁵¹ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "taam¹ sang¹ paa³ sei²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Yale",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tāam sāng pa séi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "taam¹ sang¹ paa³ sei²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tam¹ seng¹ pa³ séi²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰaːm⁵⁵ sɐŋ⁵⁵ pʰaː³³ sei̯³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "貪生畏死"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "贪生畏死"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "貪生惡死"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "贪生恶死"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "惜性命"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "idiomatic"
  ],
  "word": "貪生怕死"
}

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