粵

死sei2活wut6

sei2 wut6inferredsǐ huó

English

  1. life or death
  2. fate
  3. no matter what
  4. anyway
  5. for the life of me

Examples

  • 她的地址死活想不起来。

    I can't for the life of me remember her address.

    Tatoeba · zhouj1955 CC BY

  • 汤姆不知道玛丽的死活。

    Tom doesn't know if Mary is dead or alive.

    Tatoeba · BobbyLee CC BY

  • 要是我知道会发生这种事,那我死活不同意。

    If I'd known that it would come to this, I would have never consented.

    Tatoeba · GlossaMatik CC BY

Sources: cc-cedict, synthesized

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