"to be mortal" Chinese-English Dictionary
| Chinese | Pinyin | Translation | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 不免一死 | cannot avoid being killed / cannot escape death / to be mortal |
| Chinese | Pinyin | Translation | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 致命 | fatal / mortal / deadly / to sacrifice one's life | syn | |
| 凡人 | ordinary person / mortal / earthling | syn | |
| 脱胎换骨 脫胎換骨 | to shed one's mortal body and exchange one's bones (idiom) / born again Daoist / to turn over a new leaf / fig. to change wholly / to create from other material (story, artwork etc) | syn | |
| 死里逃生 死裡逃生 | mortal danger, escape alive (idiom) / a narrow escape / to survive by the skin of one's teeth | syn | |
| 乱世 亂世 | the world in chaos / troubled times / (in Buddhism) the mortal world | syn | |
| 致命伤 致命傷 | mortal wound / (fig.) fatal weakness / Achilles' heel | ||
| 尘世 塵世 | (religion) this mortal life / the mundane world | syn | |
| 死敌 死敵 | mortal enemy / arch-enemy | syn | |
| 会死 會死 | mortal | ||
| 凡夫 | common person / ordinary guy / mortal man | ||
| 仙逝 | to die / to depart this mortal coil | syn | |
| 浊世 濁世 | the world in chaos / troubled times / the mortal world (Buddhism) | syn | |
| 魄 | (literary) soul / mortal soul (i.e. attached to the body) | syn | |
| 臭皮囊 | this mortal flesh | syn | |
| 置之死地而后生 置之死地而後生 | (idiom based on Sunzi's "The Art of War" 孫子兵法|孙子兵法[Sun1zi3 Bing1fa3]) to deploy one's troops in such a way that there is no possibility of retreat, so that they will fight for their lives and win the battle / to fight desperately when confronted with mortal danger / to find a way to emerge from a dire situation | ||
| 三魂七魄 | three immortal souls and seven mortal forms in Daoism, contrasting the spiritual and carnal side of man | ||
| 碎心裂胆 碎心裂膽 | in mortal fear (idiom) | ||
| 置之死地 | 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 | ||
| 七魄 | seven mortal forms in Daoism, representing carnal life and desires / contrasted with 三魂 three immortal souls | ||
| 凡尘 凡塵 | mundane world (in religious context) / this mortal coil | ||
| 脱骨换胎 脫骨換胎 | to shed one's mortal body and exchange one's bones (idiom) / born again Daoist / to turn over a new leaf / fig. to change wholly | ||
| 遗蜕 遺蛻 | to shed skin / to leave one's mortal envelope / remains (of a priest) | ||
| 撒手人寰 | to leave one's mortal frame (idiom) / to die | syn | |
| 血光之灾 血光之災 | (idiom) mortal danger / fatal disaster |