死活

Traditional form:

死活

Pinyin (reading):

sǐhuó

Definitions:

• life or death
• fate
• no matter what
• anyway
• for the life of me

Characters:

• 死 - dead; death; impassable, inflexible
• 活 - to exist, to live, to survive; living, working

Traditional characters:

• 死 - dead; death; impassable, inflexible
• 活 - to exist, to live, to survive; living, working