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to die
to help the dying and heal the injured
life or death
to give up
to say definitely
dead person
extremely
mortal
go to hell!
to die
see 止點|止点[zhi3 dian3]
to checkmate
Notice where 死 sits in each complete thought.
Dead men tell no tales.
Source: Tatoeba #347160 · CC BY 2.0 FRI might die tomorrow.
Source: Tatoeba #4267398 · CC BY 2.0 FRYou might as well go kill yourself.
Source: Tatoeba #8591231 · CC BY 2.0 FREveryone is doomed to die.
Source: Tatoeba #6452061 · CC BY 2.0 FRDefinitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.