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死里逃生

死裡逃生
sǐlǐ-táoshēng
idiom #16,341

Meanings

  1. 1 to narrowly escape death
  2. 2 a narrow escape
  3. 3 to survive by the skin of one's teeth

Examples

他在那场车祸中死里逃生。
Tā zài nàchǎng chēhuò zhōng sǐlǐtáoshēng.
He narrowly escaped death in that car accident.
登山队员们死里逃生，终于回到了营地。
Dēngshān duìyuán men sǐlǐtáoshēng, zhōngyú huídào le yíngdì.
The mountaineers narrowly survived and finally made it back to camp.

Tips

memory
死 (death) + 里 (inside) + 逃 (escape) + 生 (life) — literally 'from inside death, escape to life.' The vivid imagery makes this idiom easy to remember.
usage
Often used with 从...中 (from within): 从灾难中死里逃生 (narrowly escape from a disaster).

Stroke Order

死 sǐ
里 lǐ
逃 táo
生 shēng