Definition
毙命 means 'to meet a violent death' or 'to get killed'. It is a formal, literary separable verb (离合词): the verb 毙 and the object 命 can split apart when inserting an aspect marker or complement, e.g. 毙了命 ('got killed'). Do not use it in casual conversation — use 死 or 去世 instead.
v.o.
to meet a violent deathto be killed (formal/literary)
Examples
- 。Tā zài zhè chǎng zhàndòu zhōng bì le mìng.He was killed in this battle.
- 毙命。Duō míng zuìfàn dāngchǎng bì mìng.Multiple criminals died on the spot.
- 毙命。Tā zài yí cì chēhuò zhōng bì mìng.He died in a car accident.
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