求生不得，求死不能

Chinese

		to seek; to look for; to request to seek; to look for; to request; to demand; to beseech	to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw	must not; should not; not be allowed must not; should not; not be allowed; to not receive		to seek; to look for; to request to seek; to look for; to request; to demand; to beseech	to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid	cannot; must not; should not cannot; must not; should not; to be unable to; to fail to
simp. and trad. (求生不得，求死不能)		求	生	不得	，	求	死	不能

Literally: can't live and can't die

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qiúshēng bùdé, qiúsǐ bùnéng

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄡˊ ㄕㄥㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄜˊ, ㄑㄧㄡˊ ㄙˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄋㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): kau⁴ sang¹ bat¹ dak¹, kau⁴ sei² bat¹ nang⁴

求生不得，求死不能