life or death · fate · no matter what · anyway · for the life of me

sǐ huó

s+ǐ·3rd toneh+uó·2nd tone

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Tom doesn't know if Mary is dead or alive.

汤姆不知道玛丽的死活。

If I'd known that it would come to this, I would have never consented.

要是我知道会发生这种事，那我死活不同意。

I can't for the life of me remember her address.

她的地址死活想不起来。

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