dǐng​mìng

to pay with one's life

  • created reference approved 顶命/頂命 → 偿命/償命 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    顶命 / 頂命 dǐng​mìng

    偿命 / 償命 cháng​mìng

    synonym

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 顶命/頂命 · dǐng​mìng · to pay with one's life — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    顶命 / 頂命

    dǐng​mìng

    to pay with one's life

    (colloquial) to pay for a life with one's own life; to be executed for a crime

    顶, 命

    顶 (literal) → 顶/頂 · dǐng · to be equivalent to 命 (literal) → 命 · mìng · life

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

    created sense