sǐ qù huó láidictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
to hover between life and death (idiom) / to suffer terribly / within an inch of one's life
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Original source entry:

死去活來 死去活来 [si3 qu4 huo2 lai2] /to hover between life and death (idiom)/to suffer terribly/within an inch of one's life/

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