Traduction :
greedy for life, afraid of death (idiom); craven and cowardly; clinging abjectly to life; only interested in saving one's neck
Référence :
贪：舍不得。贪恋生存，畏惧死亡。指对敌作战畏缩不前。
Origine :
《汉书·文三王传》：“今立自知贼杀中郎曹将，冬月迫促，贪生畏死，即诈僵仆阳（佯）病，徼幸得逾于须臾。”
Exemple :
他们没有一个～而逃跑的，他们知道多一个人多一分力量。（曲波《林海雪原》二）
Annotation :
贪生怕死1
1. tānshēngpàsǐ :
[EN] greedy for life, afraid of death (idiom); craven and cowardly; clinging abjectly to life; only interested in saving one's neck
