huó​mìng

survive

活命 huó​mìng
survive verb
to stay alive or keep living, often in the face of danger or hardship

He is willing to pay any price as long as he can survive.

save life noun
to rescue a person or preserve their existence

Thanks to this doctor, his life was saved.

subsist verb
to scrape a living or eke out a bare existence

He makes a living by performing on the streets.

Frequency

Movie subtitles
5.72 per million appears in 3% of films
Written text
1.45 per million

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