下性命
Chinese
under; next; lower under; next; lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to go down; latter |
life; survival | ||
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| simp. and trad. (下性命) |
下 | 性命 | |
Pronunciation
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hē-sèⁿ-miā / hē-sìⁿ-miā
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hē-sèⁿ-miā
- Tâi-lô: hē-sènn-miā
- Phofsit Daibuun: hexsveamia
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /he³³⁻²¹ sẽ²¹⁻⁴¹ miã³³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hē-sìⁿ-miā
- Tâi-lô: hē-sìnn-miā
- Phofsit Daibuun: hexsviemia
- IPA (Taipei): /he³³⁻¹¹ sĩ¹¹⁻⁵³ miã³³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
Verb
下性命
- (Taiwanese Hokkien) to risk one's life
- (Taiwanese Hokkien) to go to great lengths to accomplish something as if one's life depended on it