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What does 拼命 mean?

猫头鹰māotóuyīngowl

拼命 pīnmìng

desperately; with all one's might

It can also mean

  • to risk one's life

Its characters

  1. 拼 pīn to go all out
  2. 命 mìng life (as in 生命)

In a sentence

他每天都在拼命工作。 He works desperately hard every day.

他不想为任何人拼命,觉得人不用活得那么累。

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