亡命

wángmìng

verb #20,584

Meanings

1 to flee for one's life
2 to go into exile
3 to be a fugitive
4 (as adjective) desperate / reckless

Characters

to flee / to perish / to be lost

life / fate / destiny

Examples

他在事发后立刻亡命他乡。

Tā zài shì fā hòu lìkè wángmìng tāxiāng.

He immediately fled to another place after the incident.

亡命之徒什么事都做得出来。

Wángmìng zhī tú shénme shì dōu zuòdé chūlái.

Desperadoes are capable of anything.

Tips

usage

亡命之徒 (wángmìng zhī tú, 'desperado / outlaw') is the most common compound, describing someone reckless or criminal who has nothing to lose. 亡命 alone can be a verb (to flee) or modify nouns (reckless behavior).

Stroke Order

亡 wáng

命 mìng