性命 (xìng mìng) — life (one's existence, especially as something precious or at risk)

Definition

性命 emphasizes one's own life as something precious and at risk. Compare 生命 (life as a general concept or living being) and 生死 (a life-and-death pair, often as an adjective).

noun
life (one's existence, especially as something precious or at risk)

Beispiele

  • 性命
    Tā wèi le jiù yí gè hái zi, chà diǎn diū le xìng mìng.
    He almost lost his life to save a child.
  • 性命
    xìng mìng Bǐ jīn qián zhòng yào dé duō.
    Life is much more important than money.
  • 性命
    Zài nà chǎng zhàn zhēng zhōng, hěn duō rén dōu xiàn chū le zì jǐ de xìng mìng.
    In that war, many people gave their lives.

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