Nevanlinna's five-value theorem is well-known as a famous theorem in value distribution theory, which asserts that two non-constant meromorphic functions on $\mathbb C$ are identical if they share five distinct values ignoring multiplicities in $\overline{ \mathbb C}.$ The central goal of this paper is to generalize Nevanlinna's five-value theorem to non-compact complete K\"ahler manifolds with non-positive sectional curvature by means of the theory of algebraic dependence. With a certain growth condition imposed, we show that two nonconstant meromorphic functions on such class of manifolds are identical if they share five distinct values ignoring multiplicities in $\overline{ \mathbb C}.$
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