命

Meaning(noun, vocab.word.pos.g)

life; fate; order or command; to assign a name, title etc

Adj + 得要命 = extremely (colloquial).

Examples

• 是这位医生救了我的命。

  shì zhè wèi yī shēng jiù le wǒ de mìng.

  It was this doctor who saved my life.

• 他总说自己命不好。

  tā zǒng shuō zì jǐ mìng bù hǎo.

  He always says he was born unlucky.

• 这个工作累得要命。

  zhè ge gōng zuò lèi dé yào mìng.

  This job is exhausting.

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