蝼蚁尚且贪生 lóuyǐshàngqiětānshēng even an ant seeks to live Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 蝼蚁 螻蟻 lóuyǐ mole crickets and ants 尚且 shàngqiě even Used to introduce a fact or situation for comparison, often followed by 何况 hékuàng or 更 gèng to emphasize that a further case is even more likely or extreme.贪生 貪生 tānshēng to cling to life to cling to life cravenly; to be so afraid of death that one is unwilling to sacrifice oneself