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TSUMUGU · B2 · 詞
要命 word · B2
要命 ＝ 要 ＋ 命
ㄧㄠˋ ㄇㄧㄥˋ · yàomìng
adjective/adverb — terrible, to an extreme degree, "to death"; verb phrase — to be fatal

字源 FORM — what the parts do

要demand, take (要求)yào
命life (生命)mìng
要命，要求的要，生命的命。

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

熱得要命——彷彿連命都要被討走。
So hot it's "killing" you — as if it were coming to take your very life.