Word Meaning 死中に活を求める

しちゅうにかつをもとめる shichuu ni katsu o motomeru

死中に活を求める is read as しちゅうにかつをもとめる (shichuu ni katsu o motomeru) and means to search for a way out of a potentially fatal situation.

Meaning

English

  1. to search for a way out of a potentially fatal situation
  2. to seek for a way out of a desperate situation

Reading

Kana

しちゅうにかつをもとめる

Romaji

shichuu ni katsu o motomeru

Stroke Sequence

8 Characters • 35 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 4 Kanken 7級 Proverb Rank 62176 Priority J

Related Vocabulary

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死中求活

しちゅうきゅうかつ

finding a way out of a potentially fatal situation

死活

しかつ

life and death

死活問題

しかつもんだい

matter of life or death

活を求める

かつをもとめる

to try to find a way out

死中

しちゅう

fatal situation

活性中心

かっせいちゅうしん

active center

術中死

じゅっちゅうし

death during surgery

求職活動

きゅうしょくかつどう

job hunting

中毒性表皮壊死融解症

ちゅうどくせいひょうひえしゆうかいしょう

toxic epidermal necrolysis

中毒性表皮壊死症

ちゅうどくせいひょうひえししょう

toxic epidermal necrosis

死に水を取る

しにみずをとる

to wet the lips of a dying person

Example Sentences

1

Find life amongst death.