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死亡 wáng to die / death
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]
bēng to collapse / to fall into ruins / death of king or emperor / demise
诈死 zhà to feign death / to fake death
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
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
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
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
死中求生 zhōng qiú shēng to seek life in death (idiom); to fight for one's life
圆寂 yuán death / to pass away (of Buddhist monks, nuns etc)
弄死 nòng to kill / to put to death
朱云折槛 zhū yún zhé jiàn (idiom) Zhu Yun breaks the railing (Zhu Yun was a Han Dynasty official who accused the emperor's tutor of corruption, and when sentenced to death, clung to the palace hall railing so fiercely while demanding justice that he broke it); (fig.) to speak the truth with unwavering courage; to admonish fearlessly / also pr. [zhu1yun2-she2jian4]
冤死 yuān to suffer an unjust death
死于非命 fēi mìng violent death (idiom); to die in a disaster / an unnatural death
冻死 dòng to freeze to death / to die off in winter
坐以待毙 zuò dài to sit and wait for death (idiom); resigned to one's fate
压死 to crush to death
宁为玉碎,不为瓦全 nìng wéi suì , wéi quán Better broken jade than intact tile. / Death is preferable to dishonor. (idiom)
无常 cháng variable / changeable / fickle / impermanence (Sanskrit: anitya) / ghost taking away the soul after death / to pass away / to die


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