大脑 大腦 dà nǎo brain / cerebrum 脑海 腦海 nǎo hǎi the mind / the brain syn 哀悼 āi dào to grieve over sb's death / to lament sb's death / mourning syn 临死 臨死 lín sǐ facing death / at death's door 脑瘤 腦瘤 nǎo liú brain tumor 死囚 sǐ qiú prisoner that awaits execution / convict sentenced to death / someone on death row syn 脑细胞 腦細胞 nǎo xì bāo brain cell 智囊团 智囊團 zhì náng tuán think tank / brain trust 死于非命 死於非命 sǐ yú fēi mìng violent death (idiom) / to die in a disaster / an unnatural death syn 脑瓜 腦瓜 nǎo guā skull / brain / head / mind / mentality / ideas syn 脑膜 腦膜 nǎo mó meninx / meninges / membranes lining the brain 冲昏头脑 衝昏頭腦 chōng hūn tóu nǎo lit. to be muddled in the brain (idiom) / fig. excited and unable to act rationally / to go to one's head syn 小脑 小腦 xiǎo nǎo cerebellum (part of the brain) 脑髓 腦髓 nǎo suǐ brain tissue / gray matter / brain / medulla syn 脑室 腦室 nǎo shì ventricles of the brain syn 凌迟 凌遲 líng chí the lingering death / the death of a thousand cuts (old form of capital punishment) syn 诈死 詐死 zhà sǐ to feign death / to fake death syn 死缓 死緩 sǐ huǎn deferred death sentence / commuted death sentence with forced labor and judicial review after two years (PRC) (legal) syn 害死 hài sǐ to kill / to cause death / to do sb to death 脑病 腦病 nǎo bìng brain disease / encephalopathy 动脑 動腦 dòng nǎo to use one's brain 人才流失 rén cái liú shī brain drain / outflow of talent 脑波 腦波 nǎo bō brain wave / EEG 脑损伤 腦損傷 nǎo sǔn shāng brain damage 脑干 腦幹 nǎo gàn brain stem 脑肿瘤 腦腫瘤 nǎo zhǒng liú brain tumor 非命 fēi mìng unnatural death / violent death 脑 腦 nǎo brain / mind / head / essence syn 半乳糖 bàn rǔ táng galactose (CH2O)6 / brain sugar 死亡 sǐ wáng to die / death syn 死刑 sǐ xíng death penalty / capital punishment syn 身后 身後 shēn hòu the time after one's death / a place behind sb / (fig.) one's social background syn 死因 sǐ yīn cause of death 生死 shēng sǐ life or death syn 死神 sǐ shén mythological figure (such as the Grim Reaper) in charge of taking the souls of those who die / (fig.) death syn 死人 sǐ rén dead person / (coll.) to die / (of a death) to happen syn 致死 zhì sǐ to cause death / to be lethal / to be deadly 要命 yào mìng to cause sb's death / extremely / terribly / (used in complaining about sth) to be a nuisance syn 处死 處死 chǔ sǐ an execution / to put sb to death syn 冻死 凍死 dòng sǐ to freeze to death / to die off in winter 吊死 diào sǐ death by hanging / to hang oneself syn 永别 永別 yǒng bié to part forever / eternal parting (i.e. death) syn 死活 sǐ huó life or death / fate / no matter what / anyway / for the life of me syn 半死 bàn sǐ half dead (of torment, hunger, tiredness etc) / (tired) to death / (terrified) out of one's wits / (beaten) to within an inch of one's life / (knock) the daylights out of sb syn 行刑 xíng xíng to carry out a (death) sentence / execution syn 死讯 死訊 sǐ xùn news of sb's death syn 无常 無常 wú cháng variable / changeable / fickle / impermanence (Sanskrit: anitya) / ghost taking away the soul after death / to pass away / to die syn 坐以待毙 坐以待斃 zuò yǐ dài bì to sit and wait for death (idiom) / resigned to one's fate syn 寻死 尋死 xún sǐ to attempt suicide / to court death syn 惨遭 慘遭 cǎn zāo to suffer (defeat, death etc) syn 毙命 斃命 bì mìng to meet violent death / to get killed syn 生死攸关 生死攸關 shēng sǐ yōu guān matter of life and death syn 垂危 chuí wēi close to death / life-threatening (illness) syn 惨死 慘死 cǎn sǐ to die tragically / to meet with a violent death 三长两短 三長兩短 sān cháng liǎng duǎn unexpected misfortune / unexpected accident / sudden death syn 濒死 瀕死 bīn sǐ nearing death / on the point of demise / approaching extinction syn 擦肩而过 擦肩而過 cā jiān ér guò to brush past / to pass by (sb) / (fig.) to miss (an opportunity, a danger etc) / to have a brush (with death) syn 死罪 sǐ zuì capital offense / crime punishable by death / my deepest apologies syn 噩耗 è hào news of sb's death / sad news syn 死去活来 死去活來 sǐ qù huó lái to hover between life and death (idiom) / to suffer terribly / within an inch of one's life syn 苟延残喘 苟延殘喘 gǒu yán cán chuǎn to struggle on whilst at death's door (idiom) syn 假死 jiǎ sǐ suspended animation / feigned death / to play dead syn 一了百了 yī liǎo bǎi liǎo (idiom) once the main problem is solved, all troubles are solved / death ends all one's troubles syn 死命 sǐ mìng doom / death / desperately syn 生死存亡 shēng sǐ cún wáng matter of life and death syn 死战 死戰 sǐ zhàn fight to the death / desperate struggle syn 千钧一发 千鈞一髮 qiān jūn yī fà a thousand pounds hangs by a thread (idiom) / imminent peril / a matter of life or death syn 殊死 shū sǐ to behead / capital punishment / desperate struggle / life-and-death syn 死守 sǐ shǒu to defend one's property to the death / to cling obstinately to old habits / die-hard syn 拼死拼活 pīn sǐ pīn huó one's utmost / (to fight or work) desperately hard / to put up a life or death struggle / at all costs syn 瞑目 míng mù to close one's eyes / (fig.) to be contented at the time of one's death (Dying without closing one's eyes would signify having unresolved grievances.) syn 死有余辜 死有餘辜 sǐ yǒu yú gū (idiom) to be so evil that even death would be insufficient punishment syn 逼死 bī sǐ to hound sb to death 早逝 zǎo shì early demise / untimely death syn 杀气 殺氣 shā qì murderous spirit / aura of death / to vent one's anger syn 生离死别 生離死別 shēng lí sǐ bié separated in life and death / to part for ever 贪生怕死 貪生怕死 tān shēng pà sǐ greedy for life, afraid of death (idiom) / craven and cowardly / clinging abjectly to life / only interested in saving one's neck syn 故去 gù qù to die / death syn 临危 臨危 lín wēi dying (from illness) / facing death / on one's deathbed syn 终年 終年 zhōng nián entire year / throughout the year / age at death syn 绝处逢生 絕處逢生 jué chǔ féng shēng to come back from death's door (idiom) / unexpected rescue from danger / fig. to recover from a seemingly impossible situation / to find a way out of a predicament syn 鱼死网破 魚死網破 yú sǐ wǎng pò lit. either the fish dies or the net splits / a life and death struggle (idiom) syn 烈女 liè nǚ a woman who dies fighting for her honor or follows her husband in death syn 从一而终 從一而終 cóng yī ér zhōng faithful unto death (i.e. Confucian ban on widow remarrying) syn 打死 dǎ sǐ to kill / to beat to death 死后 死後 sǐ hòu after death / posthumous 孙子 孫子 sūn zǐ Sun Tzu, also known as Sun Wu 孫武|孙武[Sun1 Wu3] (c. 500 BC, dates of birth and death uncertain), general, strategist and philosopher of the Spring and Autumn Period (700-475 BC), believed to be the author of the “Art of War” 孫子兵法|孙子兵法[Sun1 zi3 Bing1 fa3], one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[Wu3 jing1 Qi1 shu1] syn 不行了 bù xíng le (coll.) on the point of death / dying 饿死 餓死 è sǐ to starve to death / to be very hungry 找死 zhǎo sǐ to court death / to take a big risk 死亡人数 死亡人數 sǐ wáng rén shù number of people killed / death toll 掐死 qiā sǐ to throttle / to choke to death 烧死 燒死 shāo sǐ to burn to death 砍死 kǎn sǐ to hack to death / to kill with an ax 砸死 zá sǐ to crush to death 摔死 shuāi sǐ to fall to one's death / to kill by throwing to the ground 半条命 半條命 bàn tiáo mìng half a life / only half alive / barely alive / (scared, beaten etc) half to death 压死 壓死 yā sǐ to crush to death 