死sei2去heoi3活wut6來loi4

simp死去活来

sei2 heoi3 wut6 loi4sǐ qù huó lái

English

to hover between life and death (idiom)
to suffer terribly
within an inch of one's life
(of crying, beating, etc.) hovering between life and death, a figurative expression used to describe one's pain or grief

粵語 — Cantonese

昏迷咗之後又再醒返，形容非常痛苦或者悲傷

Examples

喊到死去活來
to cry one's eyes out (due to an unpleasant event)

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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