賣命

mài mìng

B2 Level 6

賣命 (mài mìng) is a Chinese word meaning “to work tirelessly; to give one's all; to slave away”. It sits at TOCFL Level 6 (CEFR B2) on Taiwan's official TBCL vocabulary standard.

Definition

  1. to work tirelessly; to give one's all; to slave away
  2. to throw away one's life; to sacrifice oneself (usu. for an unworthy cause)

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Vocabulary & levels: TBCL / NAER. Parts of speech: TOCFL 8000-word list (SC-TOP). Definitions: CC-CEDICT & CFDICT (CC BY-SA). Stroke data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License).