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Definition(s) for: 痛不欲生

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
痛不欲生 tòng bù yù shēng - to be so in pain as to not want to live
- to be so grieved as to wish one were dead

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 14,916 30,694 15,955

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
tòng- ache
- pain
- sorrow
- deeply
- thoroughly
- no; not so
- (bound form) not; un-
- to wish for
- to desire
- variant of 慾|欲[yu4]
- desire
- appetite
- passion
- lust
- greed
shēng- to be born
- to give birth
- life
- to grow
- raw
- uncooked
- student

Other Words Containing 痛不欲生

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
痛不欲生 - - 14,916 30,694 15,955