挨生挨死
Chinese
- next to; suffer (hunger); endure; drag out; delay; stall; play for time; lean to; in order; in sequenceto be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; rawnext to; suffer (hunger); endure; drag out; delay; stall; play for time; lean to; in order; in sequenceto die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid
simp. and trad.
(挨生挨死)挨 生 挨 死
Pronunciation
Idiom
挨生挨死
- (Cantonese, Hakka) to drag out an ignoble existence; to endure hardships; to live a hard life and work very hard
Synonyms
- 苟且偷生 (gǒuqiětōushēng)