死里逃生 — “To escape death from an extremely dangerous situation”
死里逃生 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to escape death from an extremely dangerous situation”. To have a narrow escape from death.
死里逃生 Pronunciation and Pinyin
- 死sǐ
- 里lǐ
- 逃táo
- 生shēng
死里逃生 Character Breakdown
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Origin and Story of 死里逃生
Once upon a time, in the state of Chu, there was a man named Ci Fei. He obtained a treasured sword by chance and joyfully set off to cross a river and return home.
As the boat reached the middle of the river, two jiaolong (mythical water dragons) suddenly appeared, stirring up waves and creating chaos around his vessel. Everyone on board was terrified, not knowing what to do.
Ci Fei, however, calmly asked the boatman, "If this continues, aren't we all just waiting to die?" The boatman pessimistically replied, "This is surely our doom; what else can be done?"
Ci Fei pondered for a moment, then immediately drew his sword and declared, "Those who perished here before did so because, despite having weapons, they dared not fight these water dragons." As soon as Ci Fei finished speaking, he leaped into the river and slew the two water dragons.
The entire boatload of people was thus saved.
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More idioms starting with 死
- sǐ死bù不huí回tóu头stubbornly refuse to change
- sǐ死bù不kāi开kǒu口refuse to speak or reveal information
- sǐ死bù不huǐ悔gǎi改stubbornly refuse to repent
- sǐ死bù不gǎi改huǐ悔unrepentant until death
- sǐ死bù不xuán旋zhǒng踵Advance with unwavering resolve unto death
- sǐ死bù不sǐ死，，huó活bù不huó活caught in an agonizing dilemma
- sǐ死bù不gān甘xīn心unwilling to accept defeat until death
- sǐ死bù不míng瞑mù目die with everlasting regret
- sǐ死bù不yào要liǎn脸utterly shameless
- sǐ死bù不zú足xī惜death not worth regretting
- sǐ死bù不bì闭mù目die with unfulfilled wishes
- sǐ死qiě且bù不xiǔ朽to be remembered forever
Questions about 死里逃生
- What does 死里逃生 mean?
- 死里逃生 (sǐ lǐ táo shēng) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to escape death from an extremely dangerous situation”.
- How do you pronounce 死里逃生?
- 死里逃生 is pronounced sǐ lǐ táo shēng in Mandarin Chinese.
- Where does 死里逃生 come from?
- 死里逃生 comes from a classical Chinese story dating back to ancient China. The full story is on this page.
- What is the Chinese definition of 死里逃生?
- 从极危险的境地中逃脱，幸免于死。