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Character Decomposition
死=歹+匕
Etymology
A person kneeling 匕 before a corpse 歹
Meanings
to die
impassable
uncrossable
inflexible
rigid
extremely
damned
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Words with 死 698 total
death by hanging · to hang oneself吊死diào sǐdying垂死chuí sǐ(medicine) to have an infarction梗死gěng sǐto die suddenly暴死bào sǐto die in a foreign land · to die abroad客死kè sǐ(of a ruler) to order sb to commit suicide (in lieu of execution)赐死cì sǐDamn it! · damned · wretched该死gāi sǐsuspended animation · feigned death · to play dead假死jiǎ sǐto strangle · to throttle · to stifle (opinions)扼死è sǐto die by violence横死hèng sǐhalf dead (of torment, hunger, tiredness etc) · (tired) to death · (terrified) out of one's wits · (beaten) to within an inch of one's life · (knock) the daylights out of sb半死bàn sǐto risk one's life昧死mèi sǐto drown溺死nì sǐ
Idioms with 死 257 total Chain
nothing sadder than a withered heart (idiom attributed to Confucius by Zhuangzi) · no greater sorrow than a heart that never rejoices · the worst sorrow is not as bad as an uncaring heart · nothing is more wretched than apathy哀莫大于心死āi mò dà yú xīn sǐold institutions die hard · a centipede does not topple over even when dead · a centipede dies but never falls down百足之虫，死而不僵bǎi zú zhī chóng，sǐ ér bù jiānga leopard's skin survives its body · the leopard dies but leaves his skin - as a man leaves his reputation豹死留皮bào sǐ liú pílit. not to stop until one reaches the Yellow River (idiom) · fig. to persevere until one reaches one's goal · to keep going while some hope is left不到黄河心不死bù dào Huáng Hé xīn bù sǐ
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