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條命凍過水 (tiu4 meng6 dung3 gwo3 seoi2) — of one\'s life to be in imminent danger; looming danger in Cantonese

tiuˎ₄條mengˍ₆命dung˗₃凍gwo˗₃過seoiˊ²水
简 条命冻过水
Mandarin Pinyin: tiao2 ming4 dong4 guo4 shui3

Meaning of 條命凍過水

nounof one\'s life to be in imminent danger; looming danger
nouna phrase to describe that someone's life is in a very dangerous situation now; one's life is hung by a thread

Characters in 條命凍過水

條tiu4
item; article; clause
命ming6
assign (a name, title, etc)
凍dung3
cold; icy
過gwo3
pass; cross; walk
水seoi2
extra charge/income

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