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冒生命危险

mào shēng mìng wēi xiǎndictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
to risk one's life
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-3c7068538a758705. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

冒生命危險 冒生命危险 [mao4 sheng1 ming4 wei1 xian3] /to risk one's life/

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Other forms in these source records: 冒生命危險

  • 冒
    mào

    to emit / to give off / to send out (or up, forth) / to brave / to face / (bound form) reckless / to falsely adopt (sb's identity etc) / to feign / (literary) to cover

    Mào

    surname Mao

  • 生
    shēng

    to grow / to give birth / to produce / to be born / to arise / to occur / to light (a fire) / to live / to be alive / life / raw / uncooked / unprocessed / unfamiliar / strange / (bound form) student / person engaged in a field / (bound form) male role in traditional opera / (bound form) life / lifetime / (bound form) means of livelihood / (bound form) very / intensely (as in 生疼[shēng téng]) / (bound form) in a forced manner (as in 生拉硬拽[shēng lā yìng zhuài])

  • 命
    mìng

    life / fate / order or command / to assign a name, title etc

  • 危
    wēi

    danger / to endanger / Taiwan pr. [wéi]

    Wēi

    surname Wei

  • 险
    xiǎn

    danger / dangerous / rugged

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.