生老病死
shēng lǎo bìng sǐ
Pinyin

Definition

生老病死
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shēng lǎo bìng sǐ
  1. lit. to be born, to grow old, to get sick and to die
  2. fig. the fate of humankind (i.e. mortality)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

人生
rén shēng
  1. 1 life (one's time on earth)
先生
Xiān sheng
  1. 1 Mister (Mr.)
女生
nǚ shēng
  1. 1 schoolgirl
  2. 2 female student
  3. 3 girl
学生
xué sheng
  1. 1 student
  2. 2 schoolchild
死
sǐ
  1. 1 to die
  2. 2 impassable
  3. 3 uncrossable
  4. 4 inflexible
  5. 5 rigid
  6. 6 extremely
  7. 7 damned

Idioms (20)

一回生二回熟
yī huí shēng èr huí shú
  1. 1 unfamiliar at first, but well accustomed soon enough (idiom)
一生一世
yī shēng yī shì
  1. 1 a whole lifetime (idiom); all my life
一病不起
yī bìng bù qǐ
  1. 1 to fall gravely ill, never to recover (idiom)
一粒老鼠屎坏了一锅粥
yī lì lǎo shǔ shǐ huài le yī guō zhōu
  1. 1 lit. a piece of rat feces spoiled the whole pot of congee (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. one bad apple can spoil the whole bunch
一颗老鼠屎坏了一锅汤
yī kē lǎo shǔ shǐ huài le yī guō tāng
  1. 1 lit. a piece of rat feces spoiled the whole pot of soup (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. one bad apple can spoil the whole bunch

Sample Sentences

以前他自己挑过几张，还问过我的意见。当时我的心都要碎了。爸爸反而安慰我，说生老病死是自然规律。
yǐqián tā zìjǐ tiāo guò jǐ zhāng ，hái wèn guò wǒ de yìjiàn 。dāngshí wǒ de xīn dōu yào suì le 。bàba fǎnér ānwèi wǒ ，shuō age shì zìrán guīlǜ 。
He already picked a few, and asked me for my advice. It broke my heart at the time. But dad just comforted me. He said it's natural to be born, grow old, get sick, and die.
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哦，生老病死不由人，你也别太难过。
ò ，shēnglǎobìngsǐ bù yóu rén ，nǐ yě bié tài nánguò 。
Oh. You can't control things like this. Try not to feel too upset.
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