痛不欲生

tòng bú yù shēng

C1–C2 Level 7

痛不欲生 (tòng bú yù shēng) is a Chinese word meaning “to be so in pain as to not want to live”. It sits at TOCFL Level 7 (CEFR C1–C2) on Taiwan's official TBCL vocabulary standard.

Definition

  1. to be so in pain as to not want to live
  2. to be so grieved as to wish one were dead

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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).