死里逃生

死裡逃生

sǐlǐ-táoshēng

idiom #16,341

Meanings

HSK 5

他在那场车祸中死里逃生。

Tā zài nà chǎng chēhuò zhōng sǐlǐ-táoshēng.

He narrowly escaped death in that car accident.

HSK 5

登山队员们死里逃生，终于回到了营地。

Dēngshān duìyuán men sǐlǐ-táoshēng, zhōngyú huídào le yíngdì.

The mountaineers narrowly survived and finally made it back to camp.

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).

死 sǐ

里 lǐ

逃 táo

生 shēng