死里逃生

Traditional: 死裡逃生

sǐ lǐ táo shēng

Dictionary entry

mortal danger, escape alive (idiom); a narrow escape

What does 死里逃生 mean?

死里逃生 (sǐ lǐ táo shēng) has the following dictionary meaning.

1mortal danger, escape alive (idiom); a narrow escape

2to survive by the skin of one's teeth

Character breakdown

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死sǐto die · impassable 里lǐvariant of 裡|里[li3]逃táoto escape · to run away 生shēngto grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born · to arise; to occur

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死里逃生

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