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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

死亡 [sǐwáng]
  1. 1. verb die

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

死亡 [sǐwáng]
  1. 1. death; doom; fatality; demise
    挣扎在死亡线上
    struggle for existence on the verge of death
    初步统计这次火灾的死亡人数大约有一百人。

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

死亡 [sǐwáng]
  1. 1. 丧失生命
    这次交通事故,有5人死亡

Examples

医院通常用脑死亡判别病人是否真正死亡 脑死亡
人的衰老死亡是不可抗拒的。
Old age and death are inevitable. 抗拒
可庆幸的是,这次车祸无人死亡
Happily, no one was killed in the car accident. 庆幸
挣扎在死亡线上
struggle for existence on the verge of death 死亡
突然死亡
sudden (or unexpected) death 突然
死亡线上
on the verge of death 线
生物都有新陈代谢,有生长、繁殖和死亡
All living matter undergoes a process of metabolism: it grows, reproduces and perishes. 新陈代谢
走向死亡
head for one's doom; go down to one's doom 走向
人往往在濒于死亡时才会意识到生命有多宝贵。 濒于
国家要求非正常死亡事故必须层报。 层报

Collocations

死亡
the death rate
当场死亡
to die on the spot
不幸死亡
to have died unfortunately
死亡多日
to take several days to die
走向死亡
to head towards one's death

Word Decomposition


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