死活

sǐhuó
  1. life or death
  2. fate
  3. no matter what
  4. anyway
  5. for the life of me

CEDICT

  1. (used in negative sentences) simply; anyway; would (not) do something no matter what
  2. life or death; fate
  3. simply; anyway; would (not) do something no matter what

Wiktionary

  1. 生与死。
  2. 无论如何。

重編國語辭典

Examples

她的地址死活想不起来。

I can't for the life of me remember her address.

I can't remember her address no matter how much I try.

Source: Tatoeba

Entry Composition

1 死 sǐ
  1. to die
  2. impassable
  3. uncrossable
  4. inflexible
  5. rigid
  6. extremely
  7. damned
2 活 huó
  1. to live
  2. alive
  3. living
  4. work
  5. workmanship

Containing this entry

不知死活 bùzhīsǐhuó to act recklessly (idiom)
死活不顾 sǐhuóbùgù regardless of life or death (idiom)

Related entries

死生 sǐshēng
  1. life or death
  2. critical (event)
生死 shēngsǐ life or death
气数 qìshu
  1. fate
  2. destiny
  3. one's lot
祸福吉凶 huòfújíxiōng
  1. fate
  2. portent
  3. luck or disasters as foretold in the stars (astrology)
运命 yùnmìng
  1. fate
  2. one's fortune
命 mìng
  1. life
  2. fate
  3. order or command
  4. to assign a name, title etc
納命來贖罪。

Repay your sins with your life.

Source: Tatoeba

天数 tiānshù
  1. number of days
  2. fate
  3. destiny
时运 shíyùn
  1. circumstances
  2. fate
天命 Tiānmìng
  1. Mandate of Heaven
  2. destiny
  3. fate
  4. one's life span
运道 yùndao
  1. fortune
  2. luck
  3. fate
缘 yuán
  1. cause
  2. reason
  3. karma
  4. fate
  5. predestined affinity
  6. margin
  7. hem
  8. edge
  9. along
运 yùn
  1. to move
  2. to transport
  3. to use
  4. to apply
  5. fortune
  6. luck
  7. fate
他说他是不幸运的。

He said he's unlucky.

Source: Tatoeba

任凭 rènpíng
  1. no matter what
  2. despite
  3. to allow (sb to act arbitrarily)
可憐的人民任憑殘暴的獨裁者處置。

The poor people were at the mercy of the cruel dictator.

Source: Tatoeba

不论 bùlùn
  1. whatever
  2. no matter what (who, how etc)
  3. regardless of
  4. not to discuss
不论去哪，我都会迷路。

Wherever I may go, I will get lost.

No matter where I go, I get lost.

Source: Tatoeba

管他三七二十一 guǎntāsānqīèrshíyī
  1. who cares
  2. no matter what
  3. regardless of the consequences
反正 fǎnzhèng
  1. anyway
  2. in any case
  3. to come over from the enemy's side
反正已經太晚了。

It's too late, anyhow.

Source: Tatoeba

横竖 héngshu anyway
管他呢 guǎntāne
  1. don’t worry about (it, him etc)
  2. doesn’t matter
  3. whatever
  4. anyway
管他的 guǎntāde
  1. don’t worry about (it, him etc)
  2. doesn’t matter
  3. whatever
  4. anyway
又 yòu
  1. (once) again
  2. also
  3. both... and...
  4. and yet
  5. (used for emphasis) anyway
又是你。

It's you again.

Source: Tatoeba

不过 bùguò
  1. only
  2. merely
  3. no more than
  4. but
  5. however
  6. anyway (to get back to a previous topic)
  7. cannot be more (after adjectival)
我不過生日。

I don't celebrate my birthday.

Source: Tatoeba