[ tānshēng ] cravenly cling to life; care for nothing but saving one's skin
Related Translations:
蝼蚁贪生: even an ant struggles for life.; even an ant does not want to die
忍垢贪生: allow oneself to be insulted to remain alive; endure all the humiliations in order to keep alive
含垢贪生: allow oneself to be insulted in order to remain alive
忍辱贪生: allow oneself to be insulted (in order) to remain alive
忍辱贪生不如死得光荣: better a little fire to warm us than a great one to burn us
Example Sentences:
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Actually , animals are like us . they are as afraid to die as we are 事实上，动物和我们人类一样，也会贪生畏死。
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Under the influence of these phenomena , all animals become fond of life and fearful of death 由于经验的影响，任何动物都会有贪生畏死的心。
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When such sentient beings become attached to their intelligence and accumulated experiences , they become emotionally involved with life and fear death 当这些众生执着于自己的聪明度和收集来的经验时，就会有贪生畏死的心。
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2 photo albums of anita mui and leslie cheung with the purchase ! a supernatural love story which begins with a ghost of a courtesan searching the streets of hong kong for her lover of fifty years past 如花在阴间久候不见振邦，返回阳间已是五十年后，找寻情郎仿如大海捞针，最后发现当年振邦被救活，竟贪生恋栈，舍弃生死盟誓。
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A photo albums of anita mui and leslie cheung with the purchase ! a supernatural love story which begins with a ghost of a courtesan searching the streets of hong kong for her lover of fifty years past 如花在阴间久候不见振邦，返回阳间已是五十年后，找寻情郎仿如大海捞针，最后发现当年振邦被救活，竟贪生恋栈，舍弃生死盟誓。
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If we eat animals , we unconsciously step into their magnetic fields , which are characterized by a strong desire for life and apprehension about death . we get stuck , just as we do when we step on glue and our foot is glued to the spot and loses mobility 我们如果吃动物的话，就会无意中踩到它们那种贪生畏死的磁场里，然后被关在那里被黏在那里被卡住，就像踩到黏胶一样，我们的脚会被黏在那边不能动。
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Because of their fondness for a longer life , more experiences , increased activity and the opportunity to establish affinities with and learn from other beings , their hearts become filled with affection for life , fear of death , and feelings of hatred , kindness and gratitude 因为它们喜欢活久一点，喜欢多收集经验多动来动去多跟别的众生结缘和学习，所以会有贪生畏死的心，会有仇恨的心善良的心感恩的心。
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Because animals fear death and cling to life , they suffer a lot . if they are forced to die prematurely for us , of course , their fear and hatred are retained in the flesh that we eat . that s why we also become aggressive , agitated , discontented , and sometimes violent , just like how the animals feel before they die 因为动物也会贪生畏死，也会感受痛苦，如果我们强迫它们提前死亡，当然它们的恐惧和憎恨会留在人们所吃的肉上面，所以吃肉的人才会变得喜欢攻击别人容易激动不满足有时很暴戾，就跟动物临死前的感受一样。
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Taoist loves life and pays more attention to life but not cravenly cling to life ; it likes integrated life and long life but does n ' t hate death . its thought that life and death is an organic whole and the explore of death and immorality provide a certain function for understanding life - and - death problem , dispelling fearing death feeling , and relieving some unnecessary sufferings in one ' s life 道家爱生、重生而不贪生，全生、长生而不恶死，生死一体、生死合道的思想，以及对死与不朽的探索，对于透悟生死问题，消解畏死情绪，减少人生中不必要痛苦挣扎起到了一定的作用。
