while there is life, the fight continues (idiom); to fight to the last
trad. 生命不息，戰鬥不止
Also written 生命不息，戰鬥不止【shēng mìng bù xī , zhàn dòu bù zhǐ】
Characters in this word
7生
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to grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born, to arise; to occur, to light (a fire), to live; to be alive, life, raw; uncooked; unprocessed, unfamiliar; strange, (bound form) student; person engaged in a field, (bound form) male role in traditional opera, (bound form) life; lifetime, (bound form) means of livelihood, (bound form) very; intensely (as in 生疼[sheng1 teng2]), (bound form) in a forced manner (as in 生拉硬拽[sheng1 la1 ying4 zhuai4])
- Pinyin
- shēng
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 1196 of 2500
命
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life, fate, order or command, to assign a name, title etc
- Pinyin
- mìng
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 1561 of 2500
不
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no; not so, (bound form) not; un-
- Pinyin
- bù
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 9 of 2500
息
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(bound form) breath, (bound form) to cease; to stop, (bound form) to rest, (bound form) news, (bound form) interest (on money), (bound form) to grow; to multiply, (literary) one's child, Taiwan pr. [xi2]
- Pinyin
- xī
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 28998 of 2500
战
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to fight, fight, war, battle
- Pinyin
- zhàn
- Traditional
- 戰
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 8382 of 2500
斗
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abbr. for the Big Dipper constellation 北斗星[Bei3 dou3 xing1]
- Pinyin
- Dǒu
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 7149 of 2500
止
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to stop, to prohibit, until, only
- Pinyin
- zhǐ
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 19491 of 2500