下性命

Chinese

		under; next; lower under; next; lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to go down; latter	life; survival
simp. and trad. (下性命)		下	性命

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hē-sèⁿ-miā / hē-sìⁿ-miā

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hē-sèⁿ-miā
    • Tâi-lô: hē-sènn-miā
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hexsveamia
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /he³³⁻²¹ sẽ²¹⁻⁴¹ miã³³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hē-sìⁿ-miā
    • Tâi-lô: hē-sìnn-miā
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hexsviemia
    • IPA (Taipei): /he³³⁻¹¹ sĩ¹¹⁻⁵³ miã³³/

Verb

下性命

1. (Taiwanese Hokkien) to risk one's life
2. (Taiwanese Hokkien) to go to great lengths to accomplish something as if one's life depended on it

Synonyms

• (to risk one's life): 拼命 (pīnmìng), 玩命 (wánmìng), 拚命 (pànmìng)
• (to go to great lengths):

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• 亡命 (wángmìng)
• 拚命 (pànmìng)
• 拼命 (pīnmìng)
• 掙命 / 挣命 (zhèngmìng) (colloquial)
• 搏命 (bómìng)
• 死拼 (sǐpīn)
• 玩命 (wánmìng)
• 破命 (Northern Min)