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no zuo no die

no zuo no die interjection: you won't die if you do not seek death; you will not get into trouble if you do not seek trouble.

Interjection

  1. You won't die if you do not seek death; you will not get into trouble if you do not seek trouble.
    • Joe was stopped by police near the school zone. No zuo no die.2019, Changming Yuan, “Trade Deficit: Chinese Exported into English”, in T. R. Mwanaka, editor, Nationalism: (mis)understanding Donald Trump's Capitalism, Racism, Global Politics, International Trade...
    • Due to just desert, the offenders' fault is clear: death befalls one only because one commits a heinous crime(s) first.[…]In the Peng Shu and Hu Haolong case (#3), one netizen said, "[The crime was] shocking. No zuo no die."2021 November 15, Bin Liang, Jianhong Liu, Chinese Netizens' Opinions on Death Sentences: An Empirical Examination, University of Michigan Press, →ISBN, page 73

Examples of no zuo no die in a sentence

  • "This is what we called No Zuo No Die (stew in one's own juices)."2022 December 22, Yao Yao Zhi Xin, Give Me Your Hands and Marry Me 19 Anthology, BEIJING BOOK CO. INC., →ISBN:
  • "no Zuo no Die." Jing Hengbo Road.^([sic])2023 April 12, 天下归元, 本无心 上（英文版）, 露露, →ISBN:

Origin of no zuo no die

Calque of Chinese 不作死就不會死 /不作死就不会死 (bù zuōsǐ jiù bùhuì sǐ, “You will not get into trouble if you do not seek trouble”) or Chinese 不作不死.

Questions about no zuo no die

What does no zuo no die mean?
No zuo no die means you won't die if you do not seek death; you will not get into trouble if you do not seek trouble.
How do you use no zuo no die in a sentence?
"This is what we called No Zuo No Die (stew in one's own juices)."
What part of speech is no zuo no die?
No zuo no die is an interjection.

Words near no zuo no die in the dictionary

  1. no wucks
  2. no wukkas
  3. no wukkaz
  4. no yards
  5. no you
  6. no zuo no die
  7. no 🧢
  8. no'm
  9. no'th
  10. no, thank you
  11. no, thanks

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