Definition
亡命 is a separable verb (离合词) meaning 'to flee for one's life' or 'to be desperate'. It is formed from 亡 (to die/flee) and 命 (life). In the sense of being a desperado, it appears in compounds like 亡命徒. As a verb-object compound, you can insert elements between the two syllables, e.g., 亡了命 ('fled for one's life').
v.o.
to fleeto go into exile (to escape danger)to be desperateto risk one's life (esp. in 亡命徒)
Examples
- 亡命，。Tā zài zhànzhēng zhōng wáng mìng, táo dào le guówài.He fled during the war and escaped abroad.
- 。Nàxiē wáng mìng zhī tú shénme dōu zuò de chūlái.Those desperados are capable of anything.
- ，，。Wèile huómìng, tā yǐrán wáng le mìng, yuǎnzǒu tāxiāng.To survive, he had already fled and gone far away to a foreign land.
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