死

chết; tử vong; cái chết; sự tử vong

sống chết; sinh tử

hết hy vọng; từ bỏ; cam phận; chấp nhận thất bại

Một lòng một dạ; Trung thành tuyệt đối; Quyết tâm đến cùng

to die of hunger or disease (of a prisoner)

to fall ill and die; to die of illness

(derog.) old but still alive; old fart; old bastard

see 皇帝不急太監急|皇帝不急太监急[huang2 di4 bu4 ji2 tai4 jian4 ji2]

a blind cat finds a dead mouse (idiom); blind luck

(idiom) deserving the severest punishment; death is too good for sb

to crush to death

(neologism c. 2020) (slang) to die of embarrassment (figuratively)

to tire oneself out through overwork; to work oneself to death

to execute by hanging; to hang oneself

to hang (i.e. execute by hanging); to strangle

a centipede dies but never falls down; old institutions die hard

(idiom based on Sunzi's "The Art of War" 孫子兵法|孙子兵法[Sun1 zi3 Bing1 fa3]) to deploy one's troops in such a way that there is no possibility of retreat, so that they will fight for their lives and win the battle; to fight desperately when confronted with mortal danger; to find a way to emerge from a dire situation

lit. even a scrawny camel is bigger than a horse (idiom); fig. even after suffering a loss, a rich person is still better off than ordinary people; a cultured person may come down in the world, but he is still superior to the common people

to really hurt

to hack to death; to kill with an ax