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- prisoner that awaits execution
- convict sentenced to death
- someone on death row
- die-hard otaku (sb who hardly ever emerges from their home, where they play games, watch movies etc)
- to defend one's property to the death
- to cling obstinately to old habits
- die-hard
- to give up
- to admit failure
- to drop the matter
- to reconcile oneself to loss
- to have no more illusions about
- mythological figure (such as the Grim Reaper) in charge of taking the souls of those who die
- (fig.) death
Trad. 死節
- to die or be martyred for a noble cause
- to be faithful unto death
Trad. 死緩
- deferred death sentence
- commuted death sentence with forced labor and judicial review after two years (PRC) (legal)
- half dead (of torment, hunger, tiredness etc)
- (tired) to death
- (terrified) out of one's wits
- (beaten) to within an inch of one's life
- (knock) the daylights out of sb
- gap in coverage
- gap in protection or defenses
- neglected or overlooked area
- dead end
Trad. 賜死
- (of a ruler) to order sb to commit suicide (in lieu of execution)
Trad. 死難者
- victim of an accident
- casualty
- martyr for one's country
- ghost of a person who died by hanging
- hanged person
- (coll.) inchworm
- hangman (word game)
Trad. 驟死式
- sudden death style play-off (sporting competition)
Trad. 愛死病
- nonstandard, stigmatizing transliteration of "AIDS", now replaced by 艾滋病[ai4 zi1 bing4]
Trad. 見光死
- (lit.) to wither in the light of day
- (fig.) the bubble bursts as the reality becomes apparent (esp. of a much-anticipated first meeting with sb)
- (of stocks) just as the favorable news is officially published, the stock price falls
Trad. 過勞死
- karoshi (loanword from Japanese), death from overwork
Trad. 鑿死鉚子
- (dialect) stubborn; obstinate; inflexible
Trad. 藍屏死機
- (computing) (of an operating system) to crash and display the "blue screen of death"
Trad. 雖死猶榮
- lit. although dead, also honored; died a glorious death
Trad. 雖死猶生
- lit. although dead, as if still alive (idiom); still with us in spirit
Trad. 死去活來
- to hover between life and death (idiom)
- to suffer terribly
- within an inch of one's life
- fetus dies in the belly
- (fig.) plans or projects failed before being carried out
Trad. 弔死問疾
- to grieve for the sick and the dying
- to show great concern for people's suffering
- to rise from the dead (idiom); fig. an unexpected recovery
- to be hell-bent on; dead set on sth; unswerving
Trad. 救死扶傷
- to help the dying and heal the injured
Trad. 死心眼兒
- stubborn
- obstinate
- having a one-track mind