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Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

没命 [méimìng]
  1. 1. lose one's life; die
    要不是医生及时赶到，这小孩就没命了。
    The child would have died if the doctor hadn't come just in time.
    他失足从梯子上掉了下去，差点没命。
  2. 2. recklessly; desperately; like mad; for all one's worth
    敌兵没命地逃跑。
    The enemy soldiers ran off as fast as their legs could carry them.
    你没命地问这些无聊的问题干什么啊？

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

没命 [méimìng]
  1. 1. 动 [口] 丧失性命
    让车撞上就没命了。
  2. 2. 形 不顾死活的样子
    没命地干
    见了酒就没命。
See more results for 没命 in the English-Chinese Dictionary

Examples

要不是医生及时赶到，这小孩就没命了。
The child would have died if the doctor hadn't come just in time. → 没命
敌兵没命地逃跑。
The enemy soldiers ran off as fast as their legs could carry them. → 没命
不要报警，否则你孩子就没命了。 → 否则
他失足从梯子上掉了下去，差点没命。 → 没命
你没命地问这些无聊的问题干什么啊？ → 没命
让车撞上就没命了。 → 没命
没命地干 → 没命
见了酒就没命。 → 没命
you might have been killed!
你差点儿没命了! → might

Word Decomposition

没
[méi] 		+ 命
[mìng]

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