preserve one 's own life at all costs
Chinese idiom, Pinyin is g ǒ uqu á nx ì NGM ì ng, which means to save one's life. It's from chushibiao.
Notes on Idioms
Gou: for the time being.
The origin of Idioms
Chu Shi Biao, written by Zhuge Liang in Shu of the Three Kingdoms, says, "to live in troubled times, not to be known to the princes."
Idiom usage
It means to save one's life. He built a Great Britain and won the world without injustice. He lived his whole life and thought about the time when he was in pain. (notes on Xie Hu's participation in politics by Chen Liang of Song Dynasty)
Analysis of Idioms
Living in a muddle
Chinese PinYin : gǒu quán xìng mìng
preserve one 's own life at all costs
deep in the night and all is quiet. gēng lán rén jǐng
being put in the grease , it does not get glossy -- incorruptible official. zhī gāo bù rùn
A foot of water makes ten feet of waves. yī chǐ shuǐ shí zhàng bō
Ten relatives and nine dependents. shí qīn jiǔ juàn