九死一生

nine deaths and still alive (idiom); a narrow escape / new lease of life

nine / 9

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

one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit

all one's life; throughout one's life

to be born / to give birth / life / to grow / raw / uncooked / student