







拼死拼活 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to make desperate, all-out efforts”. To struggle with all one's might; to work oneself to the bone. Literally, “struggle risking life and death”.

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Open the tool →拼死拼活 (pīn sǐ pīn huó) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to make desperate, all-out efforts”.
拼死拼活 is pronounced pīn sǐ pīn huó in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 拼死拼活 means “struggle risking life and death”. It is used to mean “to make desperate, all-out efforts”.
①不顾一切地斗争。②用尽全部精力。