not to care whether live or die
Desperate, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is B ù g ù s ǐ Hu ó, meaning even life and death are not considered, describes desperate reckless, desperate. It comes from journey to the west by Wu Chengen of Ming Dynasty.
The origin of Idioms
The 63rd chapter of a journey to the west by Wu Chengen of Ming Dynasty: "this fool, desperate, rushed to the palace, built broken doors, broken tables and chairs, smashed some wine eaters and so on all the way."
Idiom usage
They want more experienced people to lead them, and they want to defend their hometown.
not to care whether live or die
scrape the dirt off an object and make it shine - guā gòu mó hén
study the past and foretell the future changes - guān wǎng zhī lái
generous outside but scheming inside - wài kuān nèi shēn
said of a loyal counsellor who gives admonition to the emperor in person - miàn shé tíng zhèng
be beyond one 's capacity one 's depth - lì bù néng jí