bù​shēng​bù​sǐ

half dead

  • created sense approved 不生不死 · bù​shēng​bù​sǐ · half dead — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    不生不死

    bù​shēng​bù​sǐ

    half dead

    To be half alive or barely hanging on to life; lingering in a state between life and death.

    不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not 生 (literal) → 生 · shēng · to live 不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not 死 (literal) → 死 · sǐ · to die

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  • created sense approved 不生不死 · bù​shēng​bù​sǐ · beyond life and death — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    不生不死

    bù​shēng​bù​sǐ

    beyond life and death

    (Buddhism) A state of transcendence where one is no longer subject to the cycle of rebirth and death.

    不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not 生 (literal) → 生 · shēng · to be born 不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not 死 (literal) → 死 · sǐ · to die

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

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