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escape by the skin of one's teeth; have a narrow escape; escape the jaws of death

sǐ lǐ táo shēng

死 里 逃 生

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escape by the skin of one's teeth; have a narrow escape; escape the jaws of death
- tā fù qīn zài zhè cì chē huò zhōng sǐ lǐ táo shēng
  他父亲在这次车祸中死里逃生。
  His father had a narrow squeak in the automobile accident.
- tā zài yī cì xuě bēng zhōng sǐ lǐ táo shēng
  她在一次雪崩中死里逃生。
  She narrowly escaped death in an avalanche.
- yóu yú mìng yùn zhī shén de qí tè ān pái tā men quán dōu sǐ lǐ táo shēng háo fà wèi sǔn
  由于命运之神的奇特安排，他们全都死里逃生，毫发未损。
  By some freak of fate, they all escaped without injury.
synonym
zhuǎn wēi wéi ān转危为安 jiǔ sǐ yī shēng九死一生 jué chù féng shēng绝处逢生 jié hòu yú shēng劫后余生 hǔ kǒu yú shēng虎口余生 jué lù féng shēng绝路逢生 táo chū shēng tiān逃出生天

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