sǐ​huó

life or death

死活 sǐ​huó
life or death noun
life or death; fate; survival
anyway adverb
anyway; no matter what; simply; used to emphasize that something is done or refused stubbornly at all costs, often used in the negative

I can't for the life of me remember her address.

to the death
(of a fight) until one person dies; a life-and-death struggle

Frequency

Movie subtitles
4.17 per million appears in 2% of films
Written text
3.77 per million

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