没命

沒命

méimìng

adjective #8,112

Meanings

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

HSK 3

他没命地往前跑。

Tā méimìng de wǎng qián pǎo.

He ran forward desperately.

HSK 3

孩子们没命地叫喊。

Háizi men méimìng de jiàohǎn.

The children screamed for dear life.

HSK 5

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