贪生怕死 tānshēngpàsǐ to be afraid of death Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 贪 貪 tān adjectivenoun greedy to have an insatiable desire for something; to covet; to hanker after; greedy生 shēng verb to live to live; to exist; to survive怕 pà verb to fear to be afraid; to dread; to be scared of something死 sǐ verb to die to die; to pass away; to perish