要死要活

terribly / awfully / desperately

to demand / to request / to coerce

important / vital / to want / to ask for / will / going to (as future auxiliary) / may / must / (used in a comparison) must be / probably / if

(bound form) to demand; to coerce

to want; to need; to ask for / will; shall; about to / need to; should / if (same as 要是[yao4 shi5]) / (bound form) important

to die / impassable / uncrossable / inflexible / rigid / extremely / damned

to live / alive / living / work / workmanship

extremely / awfully