存亡

kàng rì zhàn zhēng shì guān xi zhōng huá mín zú shēng sǐ cún wáng de zhàn zhēng

抗日战争是关系中华民族生死存亡的战争。

The War of Resistance against Japan was a life-and-death struggle for the Chinese nation.

zhè shì yī gè yǒu guān guó jiā cún wáng de wèn tí

这是一个有关国家存亡的问题。

This is an issue upon which the survival of the nation hangs.

zhè shì yī chǎng guān xi mín zú cún wáng de zhàn zhēng

这是一场关系民族存亡的战争。

This was a life-and-death struggle for the nation.

cún wáng yǔ gòng

存亡与共

throw in one's lot with somebody

cún wáng yōu guān de zhòng yào shí kè

存亡攸关的重要时刻

critical juncture

wēi jí cún wáng zhī shí

危急存亡之时

at the critical juncture of life and death

zhōng huá mín zú dào le shēng sǐ cún wáng de guān tóu

中华民族到了生死存亡的关头。

The Chinese nation has reached a point where its very existence is at stake.

wǒ yī zhí yǐ wéi huā yuán de líng hún shì yǔ qí chuàng zào zhě gòng cún wáng de

我一直以为花园的灵魂是与其创造者共存亡的。

I have always believed that a garden dies with its creator.