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拼死拼活

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Collocation

1
不要拼死拼活的
2
拼死拼活地工作
3
拼死拼活干

Definition

拼死拼活

Literally means:

put up a life-and-death fight

Actually means:

use all one's might

It means putting a life-and-death fight, or working on something with all one's might.

不顾死活地斗争,或用尽全部精力去做事。

Example

Used as adverbial adjunct or predicate. (作状语、谓语)
1
men
我们
pīnpīnhuó
拼死拼活
cái
zhège
这个
guóbǎo
国宝
cóng
guówài
国外
yùn
huílai
回来
  
,
yàoshi
要是
zài
diū
le
zěnme
怎么
bàn
  
?

We fought hard to bring this national treasure back from abroad, what if we lose it again?

2
cóng
自从
yǒu
le
自己
de
gōng
公司
hòu
  
,
gēng
shì
pīnpīnhuó
拼死拼活
de
  
,
yǒushíhou
有时候
lián
chīfàn
吃饭
de
shíjiān
时间
dōu
méiyǒu
没有
  

Since having his own company, he has struggled to get to work, sometimes without even having time to eat.

3
zài
xiāngxia
乡下
pīnpīnhuó
拼死拼活
gàn
  
,
nián
dǐngduō
顶多
zhǐnéng
只能
zhēng
qiān
几千
yuán
  
,
suǒ
所以
suàn
打算
chéng
城里
gōng
打工
  

He worked hard in the countryside and could only earn a few thousand yuan a year at most, so he planned to work in the city.