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九死一生 (gau2 sei2 jat1 sang1) — meaning, pronunciation, examples

九死一生 (gau2 sei2 jat1 sang1, jiǔ sǐ yī shēng) — nine deaths and still alive (idiom); a narrow escape; new lease of life

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Usage

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beyond HSK

Related words

• 九七年 (gau2 cat1 nin4) — year 1997
• 九 (gau2) — 1. nine 2. multiple times; repeatedly 3. (crude) shithead
• 九九金 (gau2 gau2 gam1) — 999 gold, very fine gold
• 九個字 (gau2 go3 zi6) — nine characters or words; forty-five minutes
• 九出十三歸 (gau2 ceot1 sap6 saam1 gwai1) — a loanshark term, meaning when one borrows ten dollars, one only received nine,…
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