要命

1. drive sb. to his death; kill

♦ 这样短的期限, 要了我的命, 也完成不了定额。 I cannot fulfil the quota in such a short time even if I kill myself.

2. confoundedly; extremely; awfully; terribly

♦ 热得~ awfully hot

♦ 渴得~ terribly thirsty

3. a nuisance

♦ 真~, 车胎又没气了。 What an awful nuisance. The tyre's flat again.

♦ 这姑娘可真~, 火车都快开了, 她还没影儿呢。 That girl is quite impossible. The train starts in a minute and there's still no sign of her.