贪生怕死 cravenly cling to life instead of braving death; afraid to risk one's neck; be mortally afraid of death; care for nothing but saving one's skin; cling to life not withstanding dishonour; cowardly; cling to life and fear death; prefer life to dishonour
偷生 drag out an ignoble existence; live on without purpose; have no ambition than just to get by 忍辱偷生。 pocket insults and remain alive
生怕 for fear that; so as not to; lest 生怕失败 for fear of failure; 生怕吵醒某人 be fearful of wakening sb.; 人们生怕这场大雪会中断铁路(运输)。 fears are entertained that the railway will be blocked by the snow
怕死 fear death; be afraid of death 一不怕苦, 二不怕死 fear neither hardship nor death; 怕死鬼 coward
苟且偷生 drag out an ignoble existence; keep alive without serious ambition; live (on) just for the sake of remaining alive; (philistine philosophy) of a mere vegetative existence
If we spend our life in pursuing selfish pleasures , or we are reluctant to sacrifice our life because of our attachments to interests and desire of worldly success , then we just become walking corpses 如果我们?追求自私的享受或为了追求名利而偷生怕死,那末我们虽然活著已等于死了。