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Korean idiom Go all out or be devoted to each other

Idioms linked to “죽다01” · Linked dictionary word

죽자 사자 [살자] Possible alternative: “살자” · Usage not verified 하다

  • Form listed in the dictionary: 죽자 사자[살자] 하다
  • 죽자 사자 하다
  • 죽자 살자 하다 Unverified form

English rendering Go all out or be devoted to each other Literal translation: “Say “let us die or live [let us live]””

Meaning 1

(비유적으로) 있는 힘을 다하여 덤비다.

Figuratively, throw oneself in with all one’s strength

Dictionary example 1

죽자 사자 하는 마음으로 덤빈다면 이까짓 일은 금방 끝날 것이다.

If you throw yourself into it with all your might, a little task like this will soon be done.
Meaning 2

서로에게 몹시 정을 쏟아 친하게 지내다.

Be very affectionate and close with one another

Dictionary example 1

그 두 사람 죽자 살자 하더니 결국은 작년에 결혼을 했대.

Those two were so devoted to each other that they finally married last year, I hear.

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“죽자 사자 하다” — Go all out or be devoted to each other: Figuratively, throw oneself in with all one’s strength
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