性命交關
xìng​mìng​jiāo​guān

a matter of life and death

  • created sense approved 性命交关/性命交關 · xìng​mìng​jiāo​guān · a matter of life and death — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    性命交关 / 性命交關

    xìng​mìng​jiāo​guān

    a matter of life and death

    (idiom) of vital importance; at a critical moment where life is on the line

    性命 (literal) → 性命 · xìng​mìng · life 交关 (literal) → 交关/交關 · jiāo​guān · to involve

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

    created sense