commit suicide; seek death
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Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesverb
to commit suicide; to attempt to kill oneself
informalImplies an act of desperation. In colloquial speech, often pronounced as xínsǐ (xin2 si3). Frequently appears in the set phrase 寻死觅活 (xún sǐ mì huó).
Yù遇
dào到
kùn困
nan难
bú不
yào要
xún寻
sǐ死
，
yào要
xiǎng想
bàn办
fǎ法
jiě解
jué决
。
Don't seek death when encountering difficulties; find a way to solve them.
Tā他
yī一
shí时
xiǎng想
bu不
kāi开
，
jìng竟
rán然
pǎo跑
qù去
xún寻
sǐ死
。
He couldn't think straight for a moment and actually went to kill himself.
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Tā她
zhěng整
tiān天
xún寻
sǐ死
mì觅
huó活
de地
nào闹
ge个
bù不
tíng停
。
She spends all day making a scene by threatening to kill herself.