致命
zhì mìng
Pinyin

Definition

致命
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zhì mìng
  1. fatal
  2. mortal
  3. deadly
  4. to sacrifice one's life

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

命
mìng
  1. 1 life
  2. 2 fate
  3. 3 order or command
  4. 4 to assign a name, title etc
命运
mìng yùn
  1. 1 fate
  2. 2 destiny
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
导致
dǎo zhì
  1. 1 to lead to
  2. 2 to create
  3. 3 to cause
  4. 4 to bring about
本命年
běn mìng nián
  1. 1 year of one's birth sign, according to the cycle of 12 animals of the earthly branches 地支[dì zhī]
生命
shēng mìng
  1. 1 life (as the characteristic of living beings)
  2. 2 living being
  3. 3 creature
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè],條|条[tiáo]
革命
gé mìng
  1. 1 revolution
  2. 2 revolutionary (politics)
  3. 3 CL:次[cì]
一致
yī zhì
  1. 1 unanimous
  2. 2 identical (views or opinions)
人命
rén mìng
  1. 1 human life
  2. 2 CL:條|条[tiáo]
以致
yǐ zhì
  1. 1 to such an extent as to
  2. 2 down to
  3. 3 up to
使命
shǐ mìng
  1. 1 mission
  2. 2 long-term task to which one devotes oneself
  3. 3 a calling
偿命
cháng mìng
  1. 1 to pay with one's life
别致
bié zhì
  1. 1 unusual
  2. 2 unique
命中
mìng zhòng
  1. 1 to hit (a target)
命令
mìng lìng
  1. 1 order
  2. 2 command
  3. 3 CL:道[dào],個|个[gè]
命名
mìng míng
  1. 1 to give a name to
  2. 2 to dub
  3. 3 to christen
  4. 4 to designate
  5. 5 named after
  6. 6 naming
命苦
mìng kǔ
  1. 1 to be born under an ill star
命题
mìng tí
  1. 1 proposition (logic, math.)
  2. 2 to assign an essay topic
寿命
shòu mìng
  1. 1 life span
  2. 2 life expectancy
  3. 3 lifetime (of a machine)
大致
dà zhì
  1. 1 more or less
  2. 2 roughly
  3. 3 approximately
天命
Tiān mìng
  1. 1 Mandate of Heaven
  2. 2 destiny
  3. 3 fate
  4. 4 one's life span

Idioms (20)

一命呜呼
yī mìng wū hū
  1. 1 to die (idiom)
  2. 2 to breathe one's last
  3. 3 to give up the ghost
亡命之徒
wáng mìng zhī tú
  1. 1 runaway (idiom); desperate criminal
  2. 2 fugitive
人命关天
rén mìng guān tiān
  1. 1 human life is beyond value (idiom)
命中注定
mìng zhōng zhù dìng
  1. 1 decreed by fate (idiom)
  2. 2 destined
  3. 3 fated
命在旦夕
mìng zài dàn xī
  1. 1 to be at death's door (idiom)
命归黄泉
mìng guī Huáng quán
  1. 1 lit. to return to the Yellow Springs 黃泉|黄泉[Huáng quán] (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to die
  3. 3 to meet one's end
命途多舛
mìng tú duō chuǎn
  1. 1 to meet with many difficulties in one's life (idiom)
和气致祥
hé qì zhì xiáng
  1. 1 (idiom) amiability leads to harmony
嗜酒如命
shì jiǔ rú mìng
  1. 1 to love wine as one's life (idiom); fond of the bottle
宁静致远
níng jìng zhì yuǎn
  1. 1 tranquility yields transcendence (idiom); quiet life of profound study
  2. 2 cf Still waters run deep.
专心致志
zhuān xīn zhì zhì
  1. 1 with single-hearted devotion (idiom)
恭敬不如从命
gōng jìng bù rú cóng mìng
  1. 1 deference is no substitute for obedience (idiom)
  2. 2 (said to accept sb's request, invitation etc)
爱财如命
ài cái rú mìng
  1. 1 lit. to love money as much as one's own life (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. avaricious
  3. 3 tightfisted
救人一命胜造七级浮屠
jiù rén yī mìng shèng zào qī jí fú tú
  1. 1 saving a life is more meritorious than building a seven-floor pagoda (idiom)
敢不从命
gǎn bù cóng mìng
  1. 1 to not dare to disobey an order (idiom)
时乖命蹇
shí guāi mìng jiǎn
  1. 1 bad times, adverse fate (idiom)
格物致知
gé wù zhì zhī
  1. 1 to study the underlying principle to acquire knowledge (idiom); pursuing knowledge to the end
死于非命
sǐ yú fēi mìng
  1. 1 violent death (idiom); to die in a disaster
  2. 2 an unnatural death
淋漓尽致
lín lí jìn zhì
  1. 1 lit. extreme saturation (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. vividly and thoroughly
  3. 3 in great detail
  4. 4 without restraint
  5. 5 (of a performance) brilliant
生命不息，战斗不止
shēng mìng bù xī , zhàn dòu bù zhǐ
  1. 1 while there is life, the fight continues (idiom); to fight to the last

Sample Sentences

规律运动是能帮助控制血压没错，但是饮食习惯通常是真正致命的原因。人体要是摄取了太多盐分，身体会以提高血压来回应。
guīlu:4 yùndòng shì néng bāngzhù kòngzhì xuèyā méicuò ，dànshì yǐnshí xíguàn tōngcháng shì zhēnzhèng zhìmìng de yuányīn 。réntǐ yàoshi shèqǔ le tài duō yánfèn ，shēntǐ huì yǐ tígāo xuèyā lái huíyìng 。
Regular exercise can indeed help you to control your blood pressure, but your dietary habits are normally the real fatal factor. If the human body takes in too much salt, the body raises the blood pressure in response.
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水母蛰伤啊，这一带的水母基本上没有致命的毒性，倒是不用担心，只是...为什么这臀部两边的蛰伤对称啊，有两只水母吗？
shuǐmǔ zhēshāng ā ，zhè yídài de shuǐmǔ jīběn shang méiyǒu zhìmìng de dúxìng ，dàoshì búyòng dānxīn ，zhǐshì ...wèishénme zhè túnbù liǎng biān de zhēshāng duìchēng ā ，yǒu liǎng zhī shuǐmǔ ma ？
A jellyfish sting? The jellyfish around here don't have life-threatening venom, so you don't need to worry. Although... Why are their two symmetrical stings on both your buttocks? Were there two jellyfish?
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