生命线 (shēng mìng xiàn) — lifeline

Definição

A figurative 'lifeline' — a route, resource, or connection crucial to survival (e.g. internet, air route, medicine). Concretely, 生命力 is inner 'life force'; 性命 is the life itself at stake.

noun
lifeline
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Exemplos

  • 生命线
    Zhè tiáo háng xiàn shì zhè ge dǎo guó de shēng mìng xiàn.
    This air route is the lifeline of this island nation.
  • 生命线
    Duì yú bìng rén lái shuō, zhè zhǒng yào jiù shì tā de shēng mìng xiàn.
    For a patient, this medicine is his lifeline.
  • 生命线
    Hù lián wǎng rú jīn yǐ jīng chéng wéi xiàn dài shè huì de shēng mìng xiàn.
    The internet has now become the lifeline of modern society.

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