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Trad. 命門
- (TCM) the right kidney
- (TCM) acupuncture point GV-4, midway between the kidneys
- the region between the kidneys
- the eyes
- (fortune-telling) the temples
- (fig.) most critical or vulnerable point
- to cause sb's death
- extremely; terribly
- (used in complaining about sth) to be a nuisance
- life (as the characteristic of living beings)
- living being; creature (CL:個|个[ge4],條|条[tiao2])
Trad. 賣命
- to work tirelessly; to give one's all; to slave away
- to throw away one's life; to sacrifice oneself (usu. for an unworthy cause)
- to do one's utmost; with all one's might; at all costs; (to work or fight) as if one's life depends on it
Trad. 續命
- to prolong life; to extend one's lifespan; (fig.) to enable sth to keep going; to give sth a new lease on life
- (Tw) to have been dealt a hard lot in life (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [pháinn-miā])
- to withdraw the mandate of heaven (and transition to a new dynasty) (original meaning)
- revolution
- revolutionary
- to revolt (against sb or sth)
- to revolutionize (sth)
- (separable verb sometimes used in the pattern 革noun的命)
- CL:次[ci4]
- lifeblood
- the thing that one cherishes most in life
- (coll.) family jewels (male genitals)
- the traditional Chinese study of fate and fortune, using methods such as birth-date analysis, physiognomy, name analysis, feng shui etc; fortune-telling based on these methods
- to receive heaven's command (of Daoist immortals etc)
- ordained by heaven
Trad. 半條命
- half a life
- only half alive
- barely alive
- (scared, beaten etc) half to death
Trad. 致命傷
- mortal wound
- (fig.) fatal weakness
- Achilles' heel
- year of one's birth sign, according to the cycle of 12 animals of the earthly branches 地支[di4 zhi1]
Trad. 生命帶
- (neologism) (used in road safety campaigns) "life-saving belt", i.e. seat belt
- (astrobiology) circumstellar habitable zone
- (Buddhism) recollection of past lives
- wisdom of past lives (one of six supernatural powers of Buddhas and arhats)
Trad. 任命狀
- certificate of appointment (to government office)
Trad. 偽命題
- false proposition
- fundamentally flawed notion
- (in popular usage, can also refer to anything based on a flawed notion, such as a false dichotomy or a question that starts with a false premise)
- name day (tradition of celebrating a given name on a certain day of the year)
- divination based on the eight characters of one's birth date
- (one's) last straw to clutch at; one's last hope
Trad. 紅顏薄命
- beautiful women suffer unhappy fates (idiom)
Trad. 長命富貴
- We wish you long life and riches! (idiom, conventional greeting)
Trad. 工業革命
- Industrial Revolution, c. 1750-1830
Trad. 隨時待命
- on call
- always available
- ready at all times
Trad. 人命關天
- human life is beyond value (idiom)
Trad. 死於非命
- violent death (idiom); to die in a disaster
- an unnatural death
Trad. 謀財害命
- to plot and kill sb for his property (idiom); to murder for money
- to love wine as one's life (idiom); fond of the bottle
- democratic revolution
- bourgeois revolution (in Marx-Leninist theory, a prelude to the proletarian revolution)
Trad. 光榮革命
- Glorious Revolution (England, 1688)
Trad. 壽命不長
- one's days are numbered
- not to have long to live (often fig.)
Trad. 愛之如命
- to love sb (or sth) as one loves life itself
Trad. 礙難從命
- difficult to obey orders (idiom); much to my embarrassment, I am unable to comply
- to give sincere advice (idiom)
- to exhort earnestly
- (idiom) to settle down and pursue one's path in life
Trad. 湯武革命
- the Tang and Wu Revolts: the overthrow (c. 1600 BC) of the Xia Dynasty by the first king, Tang 商湯|商汤[Shang1 Tang1], of the Shang Dynasty, and the overthrow (c. 1046 BC) of the Shang Dynasty by the Zhou Dynasty founder, King Wu 周武王[Zhou1 Wu3 wang2]
- Second Revolution, campaign from 1913 of the provisional revolutionary government (under Sun Yat-sen and the Guomindang) against Yuan Shikai 袁世凱|袁世凯[Yuan2 Shi4 kai3] and the Northern Warlords
Trad. 相依為命
- mutually dependent for life (idiom); to rely upon one another for survival
- interdependent
Trad. 生命徵象
- see 生命體徵|生命体征[sheng1 ming4 ti3 zheng1]
Trad. 生命跡象
- see 生命體徵|生命体征[sheng1 ming4 ti3 zheng1]
- runaway (idiom); desperate criminal
- fugitive
- Xinhai Revolution (1911), which ended the Qing Dynasty
Trad. 拼命討好
- to throw oneself at sb or sth
- to bend over backwards to help
Trad. 圖財害命
- see 謀財害命|谋财害命[mou2 cai2 hai4 ming4]
- to think too much of oneself
- self-important
- arrogant
Trad. 威尊命賤
- (idiom) the dignity of authority is above life; one must be willing to sacrifice one's life rather than disobey a military order
- to think of oneself as high and pure (idiom); smug and self-righteous
- holier-than-thou
Trad. 一命嗚呼
- to die (idiom)
- to breathe one's last
- to give up the ghost
Trad. 一命歸天
- see 一命嗚呼|一命呜呼[yi1 ming4 wu1 hu1]
Trad. 愛財如命
- lit. to love money as much as one's own life (idiom)
- fig. avaricious
- tightfisted
Trad. 一命歸西
- see 一命嗚呼|一命呜呼[yi1 ming4 wu1 hu1]
Trad. 一命歸陰
- see 一命嗚呼|一命呜呼[yi1 ming4 wu1 hu1]
Trad. 三軍用命
- (of a team) to throw oneself into the battle
Trad. 疲於奔命
- (idiom) terribly busy
- up to one's ears in work
Trad. 惟命是聽
- see 唯命是從|唯命是从[wei2 ming4 shi4 cong2]
Trad. 敢不從命
- to not dare to disobey an order (idiom)
Trad. 命中註定
- decreed by fate (idiom)
- destined
- fated
Trad. 聽天安命
- to accept one's situation as dictated by heaven (idiom)
Trad. 聽天由命
- (idiom) to submit to the will of heaven; to resign oneself to fate; to trust to luck