死活 [－－]

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Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. life or death
  2. fate
  3. no matter what
  4. anyway
  5. for the life of me
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. noun
    life or death; fate
  2. adv, used in negative sentences
    simply; anyway; would (not) do something no matter what
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. （沒有對應漢語詞彙）
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    她的地址死活想不起来。
    她的地址死活想不起來。
    tā de dì zhǐ sǐ huó xiǎng bù qǐ lái 。
    • I can't for the life of me remember her address.
    • I can't remember her address no matter how much I try.
  2. Mandarin
    汤姆不知道玛丽的死活。
    湯姆不知道瑪麗的死活。
    tāng mǔ bù zhī dào mǎ lì de sǐ huó 。
    • Tom doesn't know if Mary is dead or alive.
  3. Mandarin
    要是我知道会发生这种事，那我死活不同意。
    要是我知道會發生這種事，那我死活不同意。
    yào shi wǒ zhī dào huì fā shēng zhè zhǒng shì ， nà wǒ sǐ huó bù tóng yì 。
    • If I'd known that it would come to this, I would have never consented.