to hover between life and death (idiom) / to suffer terribly / within an inch of one's life
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arch-enemy / sworn enemy
mortal enemy / arch-enemy
doom / death / desperately
gap in coverage / gap in protection or defenses / neglected or overlooked area / dead end
rigid / unwavering / unbendable / firm (hold on sth) / tenacious
to fight to the death
to defend one's property to the death / to cling obstinately to old habits / die-hard
(idiom) to be so evil that even death would be insufficient punishment
stiff / rigid / obstinate
to die in combat
dying
euthanasia
to attempt suicide / to court death
necrosis
matter of life and death
to die tragically / to meet with a violent death
suicide squad / kamikaze unit
to help the dying and heal the injured
nearing death / on the point of demise / approaching extinction
to pledge one's life
from the cradle to the grave (idiom) / to go through fire and water / brave / willing to risk life and limb
deathbed struggle / final struggle (idiom)
lit. you die, I live (idiom) / irreconcilable adversaries / two parties cannot coexist
to go all out for sth at risk of one's life
to strangle / to throttle / to stifle (opinions)
scapegoat / fall guy
suspended animation / feigned death / to play dead
(idiom) half-dead / barely alive / (idiom) listless
matter of life and death
to behead / capital punishment / desperate struggle / life-and-death
to just escape from calamity
to die suddenly
one's utmost / (to fight or work) desperately hard / to put up a life or death struggle / at all costs
(lit.) to be born, to grow old, to get sick and to die (idiom) / (fig.) the fate of humankind (i.e. mortality)
(of a plant) to wither and die / withered and dead
to hound sb to death
Portulaca Sundial (a type of plant)
not to repent even facing death (idiom) / unrepentant / very obstinate
lit. not close one's eyes after dying (idiom) / fig. to die with an unresolved grievance
Definitions from CC-CEDICT · 125,326 source records · Release 2026-10-27