jiu3
si3
yi1
sheng1
  1. nine deaths and still alive (idiom); a narrow escape
  2. new lease of life

Characters

  • 九 (九): nine; 9
  • 死 (死): to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid; extremely; damned
  • 一 (一): one; single; a (article); as soon as; entire; whole; all; throughout; "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1); also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
  • 生 (生): to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; raw; uncooked; student

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