| 释义 | English translation of '死活' 名  safety  ⇒ 煤矿主不顾矿工的死活,让他们没日没夜地工作。(Méikuàngzhǔ bùgù kuànggōng de sǐhuó, ràng tāmen méi rì méi yè de gōngzuò.) The mine manager didn't care at all about his employees' safety and made them workday and night.
副  simply  ⇒ 交通灯变绿了但车子死活打不着火。(Jiāotōngdēng biàn lǜ le dàn chēzi sǐhuó dǎ bù zháo huǒ.) The lights had changed to green, but the car simply wouldn't start.
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