偷生

偷生

Chinese

		to steal; to pilfer	to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
simp. and trad. (偷生)		偷	生

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tōushēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄡ ㄕㄥ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: tōushēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄡ ㄕㄥ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tousheng
    • IPA ^(key): /tʰoʊ̯⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/

Verb

偷生

1. to choose to live on in disgrace instead of dying honorably; to drag out an ignoble existence

Derived terms

苟且偷生 (gǒuqiětōushēng)