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拚命

Word · VerbTraditional拼命

to exert one's utmost effort; to risk one's life

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Meanings

2 senses · 7 examples
1.

verb

to exert one's utmost effort; to strive with all one's might

dialect

方言用法,强调为达到目的不惜付出一切努力或代价,常见于口语。

Wèi为
le了
gǎn赶
gōng工
 ,
gōng工
rén人
men们
dōu都
zài在
pàn拼
mìnɡ命
gàn干
huó活
 。

To meet the deadline, the workers are all working with all their might.

Tā他
pàn拼
mìnɡ命
xué学
xí习
 ,
zhōng终
yú于
kǎo考
shàng上
le了
hǎo好
dà大
xué学
 。

He studied extremely hard and finally got into a good university.

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Yùn运
dòng动
yuán员
zài在
sài赛
chǎng场
shàng上
pàn拼
mìnɡ命
bēn奔
pǎo跑
 。

The athlete is running as hard as they can on the field.

Tā她
wèi为
le了
zhè这
ge个
xiàng项
mù目
 ,
lián连
xù续
jǐ几
ge个
yuè月
pàn拼
mìnɡ命
gōng工
zuò作
 。

For this project, she worked extremely hard for several consecutive months.

2.

verb

to fight desperately; to risk one's life

dialect

形容在危险或冲突中,为了生存或取胜而不顾个人安危。

Yǎn眼
kàn看
duì对
fāng方
rén人
duō多
 ,
tā他
zhǐ只
néng能
xuǎn选
zé择
pàn拼
mìnɡ命
yī一
bó搏
 。

Seeing the other side had more people, he had no choice but to fight desperately.

Wèi为
le了
bǎo保
hù护
hái孩
zi子
 ,
mǔ母
qīn亲
huì会
gēn跟
rèn任
hé何
wēi威
xié胁
pàn拼
mìnɡ命
 。

To protect her child, a mother will risk her life against any threat.

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Tā他
bèi被
bī逼
dào到
qiáng墙
jiǎo角
 ,
zhǐ只
néng能
pàn拼
mìnɡ命
fǎn反
kàng抗
 。

Cornered, he could only resist desperately.