没命

沒命

méimìng

adjective #8,112

Meanings

Without + life — doing something so urgently it's as if your life is at stake.

他没命地往前跑。

Tā méimìng de wǎng qián pǎo.

He ran forward desperately.

孩子们没命地叫喊。

Háizi men méimìng de jiàohǎn.

The children screamed for dear life.

她没命地工作，把身体搞坏了。

Tā méimìng de gōngzuò, bǎ shēntǐ gǎohuài le.

She worked herself to death and ruined her health.

usage

Almost always used as an adverb with 地: 没命地跑/叫/干 (run/shout/work desperately). Implies frantic, life-or-death urgency.

没 méi

命 mìng