卖命
mài mìng
Pinyin

Definition

卖命
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mài mìng
  1. to throw one's life in for
  2. to haplessly give one's life for
  3. to sacrifice oneself torturously working for another or for a group
  4. to pour in one's utmost effort
  5. to shed one's last ounce of strength for

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

命
mìng
  1. 1 life
  2. 2 fate
  3. 3 order or command
  4. 4 to assign a name, title etc
命运
mìng yùn
  1. 1 fate
  2. 2 destiny
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
生命
shēng mìng
  1. 1 life (as the characteristic of living beings)
  2. 2 living being
  3. 3 creature
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè],條|条[tiáo]
革命
gé mìng
  1. 1 revolution
  2. 2 revolutionary (politics)
  3. 3 CL:次[cì]
人命
rén mìng
  1. 1 human life
  2. 2 CL:條|条[tiáo]
使命
shǐ mìng
  1. 1 mission
  2. 2 long-term task to which one devotes oneself
  3. 3 a calling
偿命
cháng mìng
  1. 1 to pay with one's life
命中
mìng zhòng
  1. 1 to hit (a target)
命令
mìng lìng
  1. 1 order
  2. 2 command
  3. 3 CL:道[dào],個|个[gè]
命名
mìng míng
  1. 1 to give a name to
  2. 2 to dub
  3. 3 to christen
  4. 4 to designate
  5. 5 named after
  6. 6 naming
命苦
mìng kǔ
  1. 1 to be born under an ill star
命题
mìng tí
  1. 1 proposition (logic, math.)
  2. 2 to assign an essay topic
寿命
shòu mìng
  1. 1 life span
  2. 2 life expectancy
  3. 3 lifetime (of a machine)
天命
Tiān mìng
  1. 1 Mandate of Heaven
  2. 2 destiny
  3. 3 fate
  4. 4 one's life span
宿命
sù mìng
  1. 1 predestination
  2. 2 karma
拼命
pīn mìng
  1. 1 to do one's utmost
  2. 2 with all one's might
  3. 3 at all costs
  4. 4 (to work or fight) as if one's life depends on it
救命
jiù mìng
  1. 1 to save sb's life
  2. 2 (interj.) Help!
  3. 3 Save me!
本命年
běn mìng nián
  1. 1 year of one's birth sign, according to the cycle of 12 animals of the earthly branches 地支[dì zhī]
死命
sǐ mìng
  1. 1 doom
  2. 2 death
  3. 3 desperately
生命力
shēng mìng lì
  1. 1 vitality

Idioms (20)

一命呜呼
yī mìng wū hū
  1. 1 to die (idiom)
  2. 2 to breathe one's last
  3. 3 to give up the ghost
亡命之徒
wáng mìng zhī tú
  1. 1 runaway (idiom); desperate criminal
  2. 2 fugitive
人命关天
rén mìng guān tiān
  1. 1 human life is beyond value (idiom)
命中注定
mìng zhōng zhù dìng
  1. 1 decreed by fate (idiom)
  2. 2 destined
  3. 3 fated
命在旦夕
mìng zài dàn xī
  1. 1 to be at death's door (idiom)
命归黄泉
mìng guī Huáng quán
  1. 1 lit. to return to the Yellow Springs 黃泉|黄泉[Huáng quán] (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to die
  3. 3 to meet one's end
命途多舛
mìng tú duō chuǎn
  1. 1 to meet with many difficulties in one's life (idiom)
嗜酒如命
shì jiǔ rú mìng
  1. 1 to love wine as one's life (idiom); fond of the bottle
恭敬不如从命
gōng jìng bù rú cóng mìng
  1. 1 deference is no substitute for obedience (idiom)
  2. 2 (said to accept sb's request, invitation etc)
爱财如命
ài cái rú mìng
  1. 1 lit. to love money as much as one's own life (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. avaricious
  3. 3 tightfisted
救人一命胜造七级浮屠
jiù rén yī mìng shèng zào qī jí fú tú
  1. 1 saving a life is more meritorious than building a seven-floor pagoda (idiom)
敢不从命
gǎn bù cóng mìng
  1. 1 to not dare to disobey an order (idiom)
时乖命蹇
shí guāi mìng jiǎn
  1. 1 bad times, adverse fate (idiom)
死于非命
sǐ yú fēi mìng
  1. 1 violent death (idiom); to die in a disaster
  2. 2 an unnatural death
生命不息，战斗不止
shēng mìng bù xī , zhàn dòu bù zhǐ
  1. 1 while there is life, the fight continues (idiom); to fight to the last
生死有命
shēng sǐ yǒu mìng
  1. 1 life and death are ruled by fate (idiom)
疲于奔命
pí yú bēn mìng
  1. 1 (idiom) terribly busy
  2. 2 up to one's ears in work
相依为命
xiāng yī wéi mìng
  1. 1 mutually dependent for life (idiom); to rely upon one another for survival
  2. 2 interdependent
碍难从命
ài nán cóng mìng
  1. 1 difficult to obey orders (idiom); much to my embarrassment, I am unable to comply
红颜薄命
hóng yán bó mìng
  1. 1 beautiful women suffer unhappy fates (idiom)

Sample Sentences

吴刚，我为公司卖命二十年，他们说炒就炒。
Wú Gāng ，wǒ wèi gōngsī màimìng èrshí nián ，tāmen shuō chǎo jiù chǎo 。
Wu Gang, I busted my hump for that company for twenty years. And they fired me just like that!
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这女人真是蛇蝎心肠！你为她卖命，是犯法的。现在停手还来得及！
zhè nǚrén zhēnshì shéxiēxīncháng ！nǐ wèi tā màimìng ，shì fànfǎ de 。xiànzài tíngshǒu hái láidejí ！
That woman is pure evil! You're working so hard for her, and you're breaking the law! There's still time to stop what you're doing!
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啊哟，老板最喜欢他这种人。叫员工卖命、帮公司省钱。完全就是一个太监！
āyō ，lǎobǎn zuì xǐhuan tā zhèzhǒng rén 。jiào yuángōng màimìng 、bāng gōngsī shěngqián 。wánquán jiùshì yī ge tàijiàn ！
Yikes, the boss likes that kind of person the best. Working the employees to death helps the company save money. He's a complete eunuch.
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想不通，气愤。为公司卖命这么多年，经济危机来了，一夜间把我们整个部门都撤了。
xiǎngbutōng ，qìfèn 。wèi gōngsī màimìng zhème duō nián ，jīngjì wēijī lái le ，yīyèjiān bǎ wǒmen zhěnggè bùmén dōu chè le 。
I couldn't get my head around it. I was really angry! I worked so hard for that company for so many years, and then the economic crisis came and our whole department disappeared.
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