十死一生

じっしいっしょうjisshiisshou

noun

  1. narrow escape from the jaws of death
  2. cheating death
  3. there being barely a chance of escaping death
  4. life-threatening danger

Kanji in this word

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Data from JMdict, KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG), KanjiVG, CC-CEDICT and Make Me a Hanzi. Sources and licences