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万死一生
wàn​sǐ​yī​shēng

extremely narrow escape

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
万死一生 萬死一生 wàn​sǐ​yī​shēng
extremely narrow escape
Describes a situation where one is in extreme danger and has only a tiny chance of survival; to be very lucky to have escaped death

Frequency

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0.004 per million

Cross-References

Has variant

  • 九死一生 jiǔ​sǐ​yī​shēng

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Frequency data
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