偷生 tōushēng

tōushēng verb to live without purpose
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '偷生')

Contained in

  • 忍辱偷生 to bear humiliation to save one's skin
  • 忍垢偷生 to bear humiliation to save one's skin
  • 苟且偷生 to drift and live without purpose; to drag out an ignoble existence

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