性命 (xìng mìng): meaning and stroke order

性命 in our stories

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• 按理说，在这样的事故里保住了所有人的性命，船长石青山应该受到表扬。

  ànlǐshuō zài zhèyàng de shìgù lǐ bǎozhù le suǒyǒu rén de xìngmìng chuánzhǎng Shí Qīngshān yīnggāi shòudào biǎoyáng

  By rights, having saved every life in such an accident, Captain Shi Qingshan should have been praised.

  From the story The storm that never was HSK 7–9 · Level 8

• 最后，他虽然保住了性命，却被贬到了偏远的黄州，当一个没有实权的小官，连工资都少得可怜。

  zuìhòu tā suīrán bǎozhù le xìngmìng què bèi biǎn dào le piānyuǎn de Huángzhōu dāng yí gè méiyǒu shíquán de xiǎo guān lián gōngzī dōu shǎo de kělián

  In the end he kept his life but was demoted to remote Huangzhou as a minor official with no real power, and even his pay was pitifully small.

  From the story Neither wind and rain nor sunshine HSK 7–9 · Level 9

• 他们在最后一丝天光消失前，看到了营地的帐篷。玛尔塔被直升机送到了加德满都的医院，保住了性命，却失去了三根手指。

  tāmen zài zuìhòu yì sī tiānguāng xiāoshī qián kàndào le yíngdì de zhàngpeng Mǎ'ěrtǎ bèi zhíshēngjī sòng dào le Jiādémǎndū de yīyuàn bǎozhù le xìngmìng què shīqù le sān gēn shǒuzhǐ

  Before the last glimmer of daylight faded they saw the tents of the camp. Marta was flown by helicopter to a hospital in Kathmandu; her life was saved, though she lost three fingers.

  From the story Two hundred metres from the summit HSK 7–9 · Level 9