打生打死
daa2 saang1 daa2 sei2dǎ shēng dǎ sǐ
English
- fight to life or death; fight to the end
- To fight to the death, figuratively "to compete very, very hard (over something)".
粵語 — Cantonese
- 打架或者爭某啲嘢,爭得好激烈,好似輸咗會死咁(又或者輸咗真係有機會會死)。
Examples
阿松同阿明為咗爭阿娜嘅芳心喺度打生打死。阿松重要一嘢畀阿明打暈咗。
A-chung and A-ming are fighting intensely over A-na's heart. A-chung even got knocked out cold by A-ming.
Sources: cc-canto, rime-cantonese, words.hk