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死亡 wáng to die / death
伤亡 shāng wáng casualties / injuries and deaths
孙子 Sūn Sun Tzu, also known as Sun Wu 孫武|孙武[Sun1 Wu3] (c. 500 BC, dates of birth and death uncertain), general, strategist and philosopher of the Spring and Autumn Period (700-475 BC), believed to be the author of the “Art of War” 孫子兵法|孙子兵法[Sun1 zi3 Bing1 fa3], one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[Wu3 jing1 Qi1 shu1]
早逝 zǎo shì early demise / untimely death
夏黄公 Xià Huáng gōng Xia Huanggong also known as Huang Shigong 黃石公|黄石公[Huang2 Shi2 gong1] (dates of birth and death uncertain), Daoist hermit of the Qin Dynasty 秦代[Qin2 dai4] and purported author of “Three Strategies of Huang Shigong” 黃石公三略|黄石公三略[Huang2 Shi2 gong1 San1 lu:e4], one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[Wu3 jing1 Qi1 shu1]
bēng to collapse / to fall into ruins / death of king or emperor / demise
诈死 zhà to feign death / to fake death
不是鱼死就是网破 shì jiù shì wǎng lit. either the fish dies or the net gets torn (idiom) / fig. it's a life-and-death struggle / it's either him or me
不免一死 miǎn cannot avoid being killed / cannot escape death / to be mortal
冒死 mào to brave death
半条命 bàn tiáo mìng half a life / only half alive / barely alive / (scared, beaten etc) half to death
死讯 xùn news of sb's death
三长两短 sān cháng liǎng duǎn unexpected misfortune / unexpected accident / sudden death
大跃进 yuè jìn Great Leap Forward (1958-1960), Mao's attempt to modernize China's economy, which resulted in economic devastation, and millions of deaths from famine caused by misguided policies
一了百了 liǎo bǎi liǎo (idiom) once the main problem is solved, all troubles are solved; death ends all one's troubles
宋庆龄 Sòng Qìng líng Song Qingling (1893-1981), second wife of Sun Yat-sen 孫中山|孙中山[Sun1 Zhong1 shan1], influential political figure in China after Sun's death in 1925
生死 shēng life or death
砍死 kǎn to hack to death / to kill with an ax
英年早逝 yīng nián zǎo shì to die an untimely death (idiom) / to be cut off in one's prime
要命 yào mìng to cause sb's death / extremely; terribly / (used in complaining about sth) to be a nuisance
临死 lín facing death / at death's door
哀悼 āi dào to grieve over sb's death / to lament sb's death / mourning
zèng to give as a present / to repel / to bestow an honorary title after death (old)
累死累活 lèi lèi huó to tire oneself out through overwork / to work oneself to death
命不久矣 mìng jiǔ at death's door


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