累死

lèisǐ

verb #8,192

Meanings

1 to be exhausted to death (often hyperbolic)
2 dead tired; extremely exhausted

Characters

tired; exhausted

to die (here: extremely)

Tired to death — an exaggeration meaning utterly exhausted.

Examples

今天加班加到累死了。

Jīntiān jiābān jiā dào lèisǐ le.

I worked overtime today until I was dead tired.

搬家真的累死我了。

Bānjiā zhēnde lèisǐ wǒ le.

Moving house really exhausted me.

别累死自己，注意休息。

Bié lèisǐ zìjǐ, zhùyì xiūxi.

Don't work yourself to death — make sure to rest.

Tips

grammar

The 死 here is a resultative complement meaning 'to the extreme,' not literal death. This pattern is very common in colloquial Chinese: 热死了 (boiling hot), 饿死了 (starving), 忙死了 (crazy busy), 笑死了 (dying of laughter).

Stroke Order

累 lèi

死 sǐ