求生不得,求死不能
Chinese edit
to seek survival | to seek; to look for; to request to seek; to look for; to request; to demand; to beseech |
to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid |
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trad. (求生不得,求死不能) | 求生 | 不得 | , | 求 | 死 | 不能 | |
simp. #(求生不得,求死不能) | 求生 | 不得 | , | 求 | 死 | 不能 | |
Literally: “can't live and can't die”. |
Pronunciation edit
Idiom edit
求生不得,求死不能
- between a rock and a hard place; in a bind; in a pickle
- to have a fate worse than death (often as a curse)