Word information
Simplified死宅
Traditional死宅
Pinyinsǐ zhái
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Chinese word dictionary
死宅
sǐ zhái · die-hard otaku (sb who hardly ever emerges from their home, where they play games, watch movies etc)
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死sǐ
to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid; extremely; damned
死亡sǐwángto die; death
住宅zhùzháiresidence; dwelling; abode
救死扶伤jiùsǐ-fúshāngto help the dying and heal the injured
生死shēngsǐlife or death
死心sǐxīnto give up; to admit failure; to drop the matter; to reconcile oneself to loss; to have no more illusions about