亡命 (wáng mìng) — to flee, to go into exile (to escape danger); to be desperate, to risk one's life (esp. in 亡命徒)
Definition
亡命 means 'to flee for one's life' — usually used in the fixed phrase 亡命之徒 ('desperado / outlaw who risks everything'). It's a strong, literary word, not for ordinary travel.
verb
to fleeto go into exile (to escape danger)to be desperateto risk one's life (esp. in 亡命徒)
Examples
- 亡命，。Tā zài zhàn zhēng zhōng wáng mìng, táo dào le guó wài.He fled during the war and escaped abroad.
- 。Nà xiē wáng mìng zhī tú shén me dōu zuò dé chū lái.Those desperados are capable of anything.
- ，，。Wèi le huó mìng, tā yǐ rán wáng le mìng, yuǎn zǒu tā xiāng.To survive, he had already fled and gone far away to a foreign land.
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