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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.
  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.

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. 不顾死活的样子
    没命地干
    见了酒就没命

Examples

敌兵没命地逃跑。
The enemy soldiers ran off as fast as their legs could carry them.
没命地干
you might have been killed!
你差点儿没命了!

Word Decomposition


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