死去活來

sǐ qù huó lái

C1–C2 Level 7

死去活來 (sǐ qù huó lái) is a Chinese word meaning “to hover between life and death (idiom)”. It sits at TOCFL Level 7 (CEFR C1–C2) on Taiwan's official TBCL vocabulary standard.

Definition

  1. to hover between life and death (idiom)
  2. to suffer terribly
  3. within an inch of one's life

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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).