累死累活

累死累活

Chinese

		accumulate; implicate; tired accumulate; implicate; tired; cumbersome	to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid	accumulate; implicate; tired accumulate; implicate; tired; cumbersome	to live; alive; living to live; alive; living; work; workmanship
simp. and trad. (累死累活)		累	死	累	活

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lěisǐlěihuó

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄟˇ ㄙˇ ㄌㄟˇ ㄏㄨㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): leoi⁶ sei² leoi⁶ wut⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: lěisǐlěihuó [Phonetic: léisílěihuó]
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄟˇ ㄙˇ ㄌㄟˇ ㄏㄨㄛˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leeisyyleeihwo
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lěisǐhlěihuó
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /leɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ sz̩²¹⁴⁻³⁵ leɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ xwɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: leoi⁶ sei² leoi⁶ wut⁶
    • Yale: leuih séi leuih wuht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: loey⁶ sei² loey⁶ wut⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: lêu⁶ séi² lêu⁶ wud⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɵy̯²² sei̯³⁵ lɵy̯²² wuːt̚²/

Idiom

累死累活

1. work oneself to death; tire oneself out through overwork