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Open the tool →半死辣活 (bàn sǐ là huó) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “in a state of extreme suffering or exhaustion, barely alive but not dead; struggling to survive while enduring great pain”.
半死辣活 is pronounced bàn sǐ là huó in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 半死辣活 means “Half-dead, painfully alive”. It is used to mean “in a state of extreme suffering or exhaustion, barely alive but not dead; struggling to survive while enduring great pain”.
指死又死不了,活着又受罪。