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"cannot escape death" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
不免一死 bù miǎn yī sǐ cannot avoid being killed / cannot escape death / to be mortal
Chinese Pinyin Translation
虎口余生 虎口餘生 hǔ kǒu yú shēng lit. to escape from the tiger's mouth (idiom) / fig. to narrowly escape death syn
情不自禁 qíng bù zì jīn (idiom) cannot refrain from / cannot help / cannot but syn
汉贼不两立 漢賊不兩立 hàn zéi bù liǎng lì lit. Shu Han 蜀漢|蜀汉[Shu3 Han4] and Cao Wei 曹魏[Cao2 Wei4] cannot coexist (idiom) / fig. two enemies cannot live under the same sky / (former KMT slogan against CCP) "gentlemen and thieves cannot coexist"
死里逃生 死裡逃生 sǐ lǐ táo shēng mortal danger, escape alive (idiom) / a narrow escape / to survive by the skin of one's teeth syn
疏而不漏 shū ér bù lòu loose, but allows no escape (idiom, from Laozi 老子[Lao3 zi3]) / the way of Heaven is fair, but the guilty will not escape
难辞其咎 難辭其咎 nán cí qí jiù cannot escape censure (idiom) / has to bear the blame
不容 bù róng must not / cannot / to not allow / cannot tolerate syn
看不见 看不見 kàn bu jiàn cannot see / cannot be seen / invisible
得不到 dé bù dào cannot get / cannot obtain syn
不堪 bù kān cannot bear / cannot stand / utterly / extremely syn
达不到 達不到 dá bù dào cannot achieve / cannot reach
少不得 shǎo bu dé cannot be avoided / cannot do without syn
来不得 來不得 lái bu dé cannot allow (to be present) / cannot admit syn
负担不起 負擔不起 fù dān bu qǐ cannot afford / cannot bear the burden
马无夜草不肥，人无外快不富 馬無夜草不肥，人無外快不富 mǎ wú yè cǎo bù féi , rén wú wài kuài bù fù a horse cannot get fat without an extra ration, a man cannot get rich without an extra income (idiom)
野火烧不尽，春风吹又生 野火燒不盡，春風吹又生 yě huǒ shāo bù jìn , chūn fēng chuī yòu shēng lit. even a prairie fire cannot destroy the grass - it grows again when the breeze blows (proverb) / fig. cannot be easily eliminated / abbr. to 野火春風|野火春风[ye3 huo3 chun1 feng1]
水浅养不住大鱼 水淺養不住大魚 shuǐ qiǎn yǎng bù zhù dà yú lit. shallow waters cannot harbor big fish (idiom) / fig. ambitious, talented people cannot reach their full potential in a small organization
人无横财不富，马无夜草不肥 人無橫財不富，馬無夜草不肥 rén wú hèng cái bù fù , mǎ wú yè cǎo bù féi (saying) a person cannot become wealthy without windfall profits (or ill-gotten gains etc), just as a horse cannot get fat without night feed
害死 hài sǐ to kill / to cause death / to do sb to death
临死 臨死 lín sǐ facing death / at death's door
哀悼 āi dào to grieve over sb's death / to lament sb's death / mourning 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
死囚 sǐ qiú prisoner that awaits execution / convict sentenced to death / someone on death row syn
死于非命 死於非命 sǐ yú fēi mìng violent death (idiom) / to die in a disaster / an unnatural death 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
非命 fēi mìng unnatural death / violent death
置之死地 zhì zhī sǐ dì to place sb on field of death / to confront with mortal danger / to give sb no way out / with one's back to the wall / looking death in the eye / part of idiom 置之死地而後生|置之死地而后生
视死如归 視死如歸 shì sǐ rú guī to view death as a return home / to not be afraid of dying / to face death with equanimity (idiom) syn
导致死亡 導致死亡 dǎo zhì sǐ wáng to lead to death / to result in death
婴儿猝死综合症 嬰兒猝死綜合症 yīng ér cù sǐ zōng hé zhèng sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) / crib death
求死愿望 求死願望 qiú sǐ yuàn wàng death wish (translated from English) / Death wish, movie series with Charles Bronson is translated as 猛龍怪客|猛龙怪客[Meng3 long2 guai4 ke4]
头七 頭七 tóu qī the 7th day after a person's death / the first 7-day period after a person's death
蛋炒饭节 蛋炒飯節 dàn chǎo fàn jié Fried Rice with Egg Festival, informally observed annually on November 25 as the anniversary of the death in 1950 of Mao Zedong's son Mao Anying, by people who are grateful that Mao's grip on China did not extend to a second generation (The younger Mao died in an American air raid in Korea, and, according to a popular account, his death was the result of cooking fried rice with egg, which produced smoke detected by US forces.)
难免 難免 nán miǎn hard to avoid / difficult to escape from / will inevitably syn
逃避 táo bì to escape / to evade / to avoid / to shirk syn
麻醉 má zuì anesthesia / to anesthetize / (fig.) to corrupt (sb's mind) / to enervate / to numb the mind (to escape from harsh reality) syn
逃跑 táo pǎo to flee from sth / to run away / to escape syn
逃离 逃離 táo lí to run out / to escape syn
逃脱 逃脫 táo tuō to run away / to escape syn
逃走 táo zǒu to escape / to flee / to run away syn
脱身 脫身 tuō shēn to get away / to escape (from obligations) / to free oneself / to disengage syn
逃命 táo mìng to escape / to flee / to run for one's life syn
逃逸 táo yì to escape / to run away / to abscond syn
脱出 脫出 tuō chū to break away / to extricate / to escape / to leave the confines of syn
后路 後路 hòu lù escape route / retreat route / communication lines to the rear / alternative course of action / room for maneuver syn
好险 好險 hǎo xiǎn to have a close call / to have a narrow escape
逃之夭夭 táo zhī yāo yāo to escape without trace (idiom) / to make one's getaway (from the scene of a crime) / to show a clean pair of heels syn
脱逃 脫逃 tuō táo to run away / to escape syn
远走高飞 遠走高飛 yuǎn zǒu gāo fēi to go far / to escape to faraway places syn
出险 出險 chū xiǎn to get out of trouble / to escape from danger / a danger appears / threatened by danger syn
九死一生 jiǔ sǐ yī shēng nine deaths and still alive (idiom) / a narrow escape / new lease of life syn
逃遁 táo dùn to escape / to disappear syn
短板 duǎn bǎn short stave of the barrel (which allows the contents to escape) / (fig.) shortcoming / weak point
金蝉脱壳 金蟬脫殼 jīn chán tuō qiào lit. the cicada sheds its carapace (idiom) / fig. to vanish leaving an empty shell / a crafty escape plan syn
走避 zǒu bì to run away / to escape / to avoid
间不容发 間不容髮 jiān bù róng fà (to escape danger etc) by a hair's breadth (idiom) / in a critical state / on the brink of crisis / very close (to happening) / Taiwan pr. [jian4 bu4 rong2 fa3] syn
转义 轉義 zhuǎn yì (linguistics) transferred meaning / (computing) to escape
天网恢恢 天網恢恢 tiān wǎng huī huī lit. heaven's net has wide meshes, but nothing escapes it (idiom, from Laozi 73) / fig. the way of Heaven is fair, but the guilty will not escape / you can't run from the long arm of the law syn
逃荒 táo huāng to escape from a famine / to get away from a famine-stricken region
避寒 bì hán to escape the cold by going on a winter holiday
插翅难飞 插翅難飛 chā chì nán fēi lit. even given wings, you couldn't fly (idiom) / fig. impossible to escape syn
天幸 tiān xìng providential good luck / a narrow escape syn
出奔 chū bēn to flee / to escape into exile syn
免 miǎn to excuse sb / to exempt / to remove or dismiss from office / to avoid / to avert / to escape / to be prohibited syn
跑 pǎo to run / to run away / to escape / to run around (on errands etc) / (of a gas or liquid) to leak or evaporate / (verb complement) away / off syn
脱 脫 tuō to shed / to take off / to escape / to get away from syn
避 bì to avoid / to shun / to flee / to escape / to keep away from / to leave / to hide from syn
逃 táo to escape / to run away / to flee syn
溜 liū to slip away / to escape in stealth / to skate syn
逸 yì to escape / leisurely / outstanding syn
逭 huàn to escape from syn
大难不死 大難不死 dà nàn bù sǐ to just escape from calamity
趁乱逃脱 趁亂逃脫 chèn luàn táo tuō to run away in the confusion / to take advantage of the confusion to escape
连滚带爬 連滾帶爬 lián gǔn dài pá rolling and crawling / trying frantically to escape (idiom)
宇宙速度 yǔ zhòu sù dù escape velocity
城门失火，殃及池鱼 城門失火，殃及池魚 chéng mén shī huǒ , yāng jí chí yú a fire in the city gates is also a calamity for the fish in the moat (idiom) / the bystander will also suffer / fig. you can't escape responsibility for your actions / ask not for whom the bell tolls - it tolls for thee
天网恢恢，疏而不失 天網恢恢，疏而不失 tiān wǎng huī huī , shū ér bù shī lit. heaven's net has wide meshes, but nothing escapes it (idiom, from Laozi 73) / fig. the way of Heaven is fair, but the guilty will not escape / you can't run from the long arm of the law
散逸 sàn yì to disperse and escape / to dissipate
法网难逃 法網難逃 fǎ wǎng nán táo it is hard to escape the net of justice (idiom)
畏罪自杀 畏罪自殺 wèi zuì zì shā to commit suicide to escape punishment
眩惑 xuàn huò confusion / unable to escape from infatuation or addiction
脱离苦海 脫離苦海 tuō lí kǔ hǎi to escape from the abyss of suffering / to shed off a wretched plight
脫贫 脱貧 tuō pín to escape poverty
落跑 luò pǎo to run away / to escape
跑走 pǎo zǒu to escape / to flee / to run away
跳出火坑 tiào chū huǒ kēng lit. to jump out of a fire pit (idiom) / to escape from a living hell / to free oneself from a life of torture
蹀儿鸭子 蹀兒鴨子 dié r yā zi to run away / to escape
逃不出 táo bù chū unable to escape / can't get out
逃狱 逃獄 táo yù to escape (from prison) / to jump bail
逃逸速度 táo yì sù dù escape velocity
逸散 yì sàn (of gas, liquid, toxins, heat etc) to escape / to dissipate
逾垣 yú yuán to run away / to escape
关门捉贼 關門捉賊 guān mén zhuō zéi to catch a thief by closing his escape route (idiom)
防火梯 fáng huǒ tī fire escape
难逃法网 難逃法網 nán táo fǎ wǎng It is hard to escape the dragnet of the law / the long arm of the law
密室逃脱 密室逃脫 mì shì táo tuō escape room
畏罪潜逃 畏罪潛逃 wèi zuì qián táo to flee to escape punishment / to abscond from justice
脱离速度 tuō lí sù duó escape velocity
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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