没命 meaning in English

méimìng

to lose one's life; to die

Traditional 沒命15 strokes

Meaning of 没命

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

méimìng
  1. to lose one's life
  2. to die
  3. recklessly
  4. desperately

没命 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

他tā瞄miáo准zhǔn了le,却què没méi命mìng中zhōng。
He aimed, but missed.
车chē子zi若ruò是shì掉diào落luò悬xuán崖yá他tā们men早zǎo就jiù没méi命mìng了le。
They'd have been killed if the car had gone over the cliff.

Stroke order for each character

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没 méi · have not · 7 strokes

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命 mìng · life · 8 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 没命.

没有méiyǒuhaven't; hasn't
没什么méi shénmeit doesn't matter; it's nothing; never mind; think nothing of it; it's my pleasure; you're
没关系méi guānxiit doesn't matter
没事儿méishìrto have spare time; free from work
生命shēngmìnglife (as the characteristic of living beings); living being; creature (CL:條|条[tiao2])
没用méiyònguseless
命运mìngyùnfate; destiny
没错méi cuòthat's right; sure!
没想到méi xiǎngdàodidn't expect
没法儿méifǎr(coll.) can't do anything about it; (coll.) there's no way that ...; it's simply not credi
命令mìnglìngorder; command
有没有yǒu méiyǒu(before a noun) Do (you, they etc) have ...?; Is there a ...?

Questions about 没命

What does 没命 mean?

没命 (méimìng) means "to lose one's life; to die".

How do you write 没命?

没命 is made of 2 characters: 没 (7 strokes), 命 (8 strokes). That is 15 strokes in total.

How is 没命 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 没命 is written 沒命.