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From basics to advanced idioms, Chinese study culminates with phrases like 「百死一生」. Explore their meaning and use in this free guide.

Here is the Chinese idiom 「百死一生」, along with its meaning and how it is used.

Describes a life that is extremely dangerous and on the verge of death.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

bǎi sǐ yī shēng

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

baak3 sei2 yat1 sang1

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