九死一生 (jiǔ sǐ yī shēng) | Meaning: nine deaths and still alive (idiom); a narrow escape | Chinese Idiom with Pinyin & Origin

mortal danger, escape alive (idiom); a narrow escape · to survive by the skin of one's teeth死里逃生sǐ lǐ táo shēng

to get out of danger脱险tuō xiǎn

to be critically ill · to be terminally ill病危bìng wēi

to turn peril into safety (idiom); to avert a danger (esp. political or medical)转危为安zhuǎn wēi wéi ān

(lit.) everything bodes ill, no positive signs (idiom) · (fig.) inauspicious; everything points to disaster凶多吉少xiōng duō jí shǎo

only one chance in ten thousand of preserving the life万死一生wàn sǐ yī shēng

nine deaths and still alive (idiom); a narrow escape · new lease of life