你死我活
nǐ sǐ wǒ huó
Pinyin

Definition

你死我活
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nǐ sǐ wǒ huó
  1. lit. you die, I live (idiom); irreconcilable adversaries
  2. two parties cannot coexist

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

你
nǐ
  1. 1 you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您[nín])
我
wǒ
  1. 1 I
  2. 2 me
  3. 3 my
你们
nǐ men
  1. 1 you (plural)
我们
wǒ men
  1. 1 we
  2. 2 us
  3. 3 ourselves
  4. 4 our
死
sǐ
  1. 1 to die
  2. 2 impassable
  3. 3 uncrossable
  4. 4 inflexible
  5. 5 rigid
  6. 6 extremely
  7. 7 damned
活
huó
  1. 1 to live
  2. 2 alive
  3. 3 living
  4. 4 work
  5. 5 workmanship
活动
huó dòng
  1. 1 to exercise
  2. 2 to move about
  3. 3 to operate
  4. 4 to use connections (personal influence)
  5. 5 loose
  6. 6 shaky
  7. 7 active
  8. 8 movable
  9. 9 activity
  10. 10 campaign
  11. 11 maneuver
  12. 12 behavior
  13. 13 CL:項|项[xiàng],個|个[gè]
生活
shēng huó
  1. 1 life
  2. 2 activity
  3. 3 to live
  4. 4 livelihood
自我
zì wǒ
  1. 1 self-
  2. 2 ego (psychology)
一潭死水
yī tán sǐ shuǐ
  1. 1 a pool of stagnant water
  2. 2 stagnant or listless condition
不死不休
bù sǐ bù xiū
  1. 1 to fight to one's last gasp
不死心
bù sǐ xīn
  1. 1 unwilling to give up
  2. 2 unresigned
九死一生
jiǔ sǐ yī shēng
  1. 1 nine deaths and still alive (idiom); a narrow escape
  2. 2 new lease of life
作死
zuò sǐ
  1. 1 to court disaster
  2. 2 also pr. [zuō sǐ]
你好
nǐ hǎo
  1. 1 hello
  2. 2 hi
你死我活
nǐ sǐ wǒ huó
  1. 1 lit. you die, I live (idiom); irreconcilable adversaries
  2. 2 two parties cannot coexist
你等
nǐ děng
  1. 1 you all (archaic)
  2. 2 see also 你們|你们[nǐ men]
假死
jiǎ sǐ
  1. 1 suspended animation
  2. 2 feigned death
  3. 3 to play dead
做活
zuò huó
  1. 1 to work for a living (esp. of woman needleworker)
  2. 2 life of a group of stones in Go 圍棋|围棋[wéi qí]
凶死
xiōng sǐ
  1. 1 to die in violence

Idioms (20)

三人行，必有我师
sān rén xíng , bì yǒu wǒ shī
  1. 1 lit. if three walk together, one can be my teacher (idiom, from the Analects of Confucius)
  2. 2 you have sth to learn from everyone
不到黄河心不死
bù dào Huáng Hé xīn bù sǐ
  1. 1 lit. not to stop until one reaches the Yellow River (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to persevere until one reaches one's goal
  3. 3 to keep going while some hope is left
不是鱼死就是网破
bù shì yú sǐ jiù shì wǎng pò
  1. 1 lit. either the fish dies or the net gets torn (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. it's a life-and-death struggle
  3. 3 it's either him or me
不知死活
bù zhī sǐ huó
  1. 1 to act recklessly (idiom)
不要在一棵树上吊死
bù yào zài yī kē shù shàng diào sǐ
  1. 1 don't insist on only taking one road to Rome (idiom)
  2. 2 there's more than one way to skin a cat
九死一生
jiǔ sǐ yī shēng
  1. 1 nine deaths and still alive (idiom); a narrow escape
  2. 2 new lease of life
人为刀俎，我为鱼肉
rén wéi dāo zǔ , wǒ wéi yú ròu
  1. 1 lit. to be the meat on sb's chopping block (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to be at sb's mercy
人为财死，鸟为食亡
rén wèi cái sǐ , niǎo wèi shí wáng
  1. 1 lit. human beings will die for riches, just as birds will for food (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. man will do anything in his means to become rich
什么风把你吹来的
shén me fēng bǎ nǐ chuī lái de
  1. 1 What brings you here? (idiom)
你死我活
nǐ sǐ wǒ huó
  1. 1 lit. you die, I live (idiom); irreconcilable adversaries
  2. 2 two parties cannot coexist
你争我夺
nǐ zhēng wǒ duó
  1. 1 lit. you fight, I snatch (idiom); to compete fiercely offering no quarter
  2. 2 fierce rivalry
  3. 3 tug-of-war
你走你的阳关道，我过我的独木桥
nǐ zǒu nǐ de Yáng guān Dào , wǒ guò wǒ de dú mù qiáo
  1. 1 lit. you hit the high road, I'll cross the log bridge (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. you go your way, I'll go mine
  3. 3 you do it your way, I'll do it mine
依然故我
yī rán gù wǒ
  1. 1 to be one's old self (idiom)
  2. 2 to be unchanged
  3. 3 (derog.) to be stuck in one's ways
兔死狐悲
tù sǐ hú bēi
  1. 1 lit. if the rabbit dies, the fox grieves (idiom); fig. to have sympathy with a like-minded person in distress
兔死狗烹
tù sǐ gǒu pēng
  1. 1 lit. to boil the hound once it caught the rabbit (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to get rid of sb once he has served his purpose
出生入死
chū shēng rù sǐ
  1. 1 from the cradle to the grave (idiom); to go through fire and water
  2. 2 brave
  3. 3 willing to risk life and limb
包在我身上
bāo zài wǒ shēn shang
  1. 1 leave it to me (idiom)
  2. 2 I'll take care of it
卿卿我我
qīng qīng wǒ wǒ
  1. 1 to bill and coo (idiom)
  2. 2 to whisper sweet nothings to one another
  3. 3 to be very much in love
厚死薄生
hòu sǐ bó shēng
  1. 1 lit. to praise the dead and revile the living
  2. 2 fig. to live in the past (idiom)
哀莫大于心死
āi mò dà yú xīn sǐ
  1. 1 nothing sadder than a withered heart (idiom attributed to Confucius by Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuāng zǐ])
  2. 2 no greater sorrow than a heart that never rejoices
  3. 3 the worst sorrow is not as bad as an uncaring heart
  4. 4 nothing is more wretched than apathy

Sample Sentences

机会面前，人人平等，就看你能不能把握住了。你也知道，这个工程规模大，预算高，是今年市里的重点工程！各大建筑商早就盯上了这块肥肉。到时候公开招标，你们这些建筑商之间肯定要争个你死我活。
jīhuì miànqián ，rénrén píngděng ，jiù kàn nǐ néng bu néng bǎwò zhù le 。nǐ yě zhīdào ，zhè ge gōngchéng guīmó dà ，yùsuàn gāo ，shì jīnnián shì lǐ de zhòngdiǎn gōngchéng ！gè dà jiànzhùshāng zǎo jiù dīngshàng le zhè kuài féiròu 。dào shíhou gōngkāi zhāobiāo ，nǐmen zhèxiē jiànzhùshāng zhījiān kěndìng yào zhēng ge nǐsǐwǒhuó 。
Everyone will have an equal opportunity. It just depends on whether or not you seize that opportunity. As you know, this is a large-scale project with a big budget. It's one of the city's most important projects this year. All the big construction companies have had their eyes on this juicy project from the very beginning. When the bidding begins, you construction companies will certainly have to fight it out amongst yourselves.
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不少人在炒作这种竞争。但是平心而论，中国在IT业和印度，还是有很大的差距。中国可以从印度那儿学到许多宝贵的经验。其实不管在什么领域，印度和中国不应该是你死我活的对手，亚洲和世界有空间也有必要让这两个国家共同发展。
bùshǎo rén zài chǎozuò zhèzhǒng jìngzhēng 。dànshì píngxīn érlùn ，Zhōngguó zài IT yè hé Yìndù ，hái shì yǒu hěn dà de chājù 。Zhōngguó kěyǐ cóng yìndù nàr xuédào xǔduō bǎoguì de jīngyàn 。qíshí bùguǎn zài shénme lǐngyù ，Yìndù hé Zhōngguó bù yīnggāi shì nǐsǐwǒhuó de duìshǒu ，Yàzhōu hé shìjiè yǒu kōngjiān yě yǒu bìyào ràng zhè liǎng ge guójiā gòngtóng fāzhǎn 。
A lot of people are hyping this competition. But to be fair, there's still a big gap between China and India in the IT field. China can get a lot of valuable knowledge from India's experiences. Actually, regardless of the field, India and China shouldn't be arch-enemies. There's enough room, and a real need, for these two countries to develop together in Asia and the world.
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