英文词源
- qui vive
- 1726, in on the qui vive "on the alert," from French qui voulez-vous qui vive? sentinel's challenge, "whom do you wish to live," literally "(long) live who?" In other words, "whose side are you on?" (The answer might be Vive la France, Vive le roi, etc.).
中文词源
来自法语，qui,谁，词源同who,vive,存活，词源同survive.哨兵放哨行话，字面意思即你希 望谁活着，不想死就保持警惕，密切注视。
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