出人命

chūrénmìng

verb #21,557

Meanings

1 to result in someone's death
2 to cause a fatality
3 fatal

Characters

to come out; to produce

life; fate; destiny

Examples

这次事故差点出人命。

Zhè cì shìgù chà diǎn chū rénmìng.

This accident almost resulted in a fatality.

小心！这么做会出人命的。

Xiǎoxīn! Zhème zuò huì chū rénmìng de.

Be careful! Doing it this way could get someone killed.

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出人命 is a colloquial phrase commonly used in spoken Chinese to warn of potentially fatal consequences. It carries a sense of alarm or urgency rather than clinical detachment.

Stroke Order

出 chū

人 rén

命 mìng