- 劫后余生 jiéhòuyúshēng to survive a disaster(idiom) to survive a calamity; to be a survivor of a major disaster
- 虎口余生 hǔkǒuyúshēng to have a narrow escapeto narrowly escape death; to survive a major disaster or a life-threatening situation
- 忧患余生 yōuhuànyúshēng to live in adversityto spend the remainder of one's life in sorrow and hardship; to have survived a life of suffering
- 锋镝余生 fēngdíyúshēng to survive a warTo escape with one's life from the blades and arrows of a battlefield; to survive by the skin of one's teeth after a war or conflict.