贪生怕死 / 貪生怕死

tān shēng pà sǐ

Meaning

• greedy for life, afraid of death (idiom) · craven and cowardly
• clinging abjectly to life
• only interested in saving one's neck

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Example sentences

• 贪生怕死。

  貪生怕死。

  tān shēng pà sǐ。

  They are afraid of death and cling to life.

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