to save sb's life; (interj.) Help!; Save me!

life; fate; order or command; to assign a name, title etc

to withdraw the mandate of heaven (and transition to a new dynasty) (original meaning); revolution; revolutionary; to revolt (against sb or sth); to revolutionize (sth); (separable verb sometimes used in the pattern 革noun的命); CL:次[ci4]

life

fatal; mortal; deadly; to sacrifice one's life

to follow your orders; to do as you bid

mission; long-term task to which one devotes oneself; a calling

to do one's utmost; with all one's might; at all costs; (to work or fight) as if one's life depends on it

to cause sb's death; extremely; terribly; (used in complaining about sth) to be a nuisance

to be on call; to be on standby

to lose one's life; to die; recklessly; desperately

to appoint; (job) appointment; CL:紙|纸[zhi3]

life; to survive; to save a life; to scrape a living

to lose one's life

human life; CL:條|条[tiao2]

to lose one's life; to get killed

to work tirelessly; to give one's all; to slave away; to throw away one's life; to sacrifice oneself (usu. for an unworthy cause)

to escape; to flee; to run for one's life

to receive orders; to follow orders; to act under orders

life span; life expectancy; lifetime (of a machine)

see 拼命[pin1 ming4]

predestination; karma

(loanword) vitamin

Mandate of Heaven; destiny; fate; one's life span

fatal; resulting in sb's death

fortune-telling; to tell fortune

ordained or appointed to a post; to benefit from counsel

to preserve one's life; to ensure one's survival

to spare sb's life

to accept misfortunes as decreed by fate; to be resigned to sth

to meet violent death; to get killed

to obey an order; to take orders; to accept a state of affairs

amphetamine (medical) (loanword)

mutually dependent for life (idiom); to rely upon one another for survival; interdependent

(idiom) to submit to the will of heaven; to resign oneself to fate; to trust to luck

counterrevolutionary

to await orders; to be on call

Industrial Revolution, c. 1750-1830

to commit suicide; to have one's life cut short

Cultural Revolution (1966-1976)

to pay with one's life

violent death (idiom); to die in a disaster; an unnatural death

to demand sb's life

against orders; to disobey; to refuse to accept orders

to die young; short-lived

to die

to flee; to go into exile (from prison)

to obey an order; to comply; to do sb's bidding; to do as requested

to live out a pointless existence