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Definition(s) for: 贪生怕死

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
贪生怕死 tān shēng pà sǐ - greedy for life, afraid of death (idiom); craven and cowardly
- clinging abjectly to life
- only interested in saving one's neck

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
- - 40,602 58,679 55,790

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
tān- to have a voracious desire for
- to covet
- greedy
- corrupt
shēng- to be born
- to give birth
- life
- to grow
- raw
- uncooked
- student
- surname Pa
- to be afraid
- to fear
- to dread
- to be unable to endure
- perhaps
- to die
- impassable
- uncrossable
- inflexible
- rigid
- extremely
- damned

Other Words Containing 贪生怕死

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
贪生怕死 - - 40,602 58,679 55,790