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大难不死

dà nàn bù sǐdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
to just escape from calamity
Sources & editorial notes

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-f160f2a4b95d1154. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

大難不死 大难不死 [da4 nan4 bu4 si3] /to just escape from calamity/

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Other forms in these source records: 大難不死

  • 大
    dà

    big / large / great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐[dà jiě]) / greatly / freely / fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother)

    dài

    see 大夫[dài fu]

  • 难
    nán

    difficult (to...) / problem / difficulty / difficult / not good

    nàn

    disaster / distress / to scold

  • 不
    bù

    no / not so / (bound form) not / un-

  • 死
    sǐ

    to die / impassable / uncrossable / inflexible / rigid / extremely / damned

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.