卖命 màimìng to risk one's life Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 卖命 賣命 mài//mìng to risk one's life To risk one's life or work with total disregard for personal safety, often for a specific person or organization. to work tirelessly To work extremely hard; to give one's all; to slave away. to die unworthily To sacrifice or throw away one's life, especially for an unworthy cause or a person who does not deserve such loyalty Frequency Movie subtitles 3.46 per million appears in 2% of films Written text 1.28 per million Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
卖命 賣命 mài//mìng to risk one's life To risk one's life or work with total disregard for personal safety, often for a specific person or organization. to work tirelessly To work extremely hard; to give one's all; to slave away. to die unworthily To sacrifice or throw away one's life, especially for an unworthy cause or a person who does not deserve such loyalty Frequency Movie subtitles 3.46 per million appears in 2% of films Written text 1.28 per million Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)