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貪生〔贪-〕 taam1 sang1 {tān shēng}

cravenly cling to life (and mortally afraid of death)

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貪生怕死〔贪---〕 taam1 sang1 paa3 sei2 {tān shēng pà sǐ}

  1. greedy for life, afraid of death (idiom); craven and cowardly
  2. clinging abjectly to life
  3. only interested in saving one's neck

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