一命归阴

Traditional form:

一命歸陰

Pinyin (reading):

yīmìngguīyīn

Definitions:

• see 一命嗚呼／一命呜呼 (yīmìngwūhū)

Characters:

• 一 - one; a, an; alone
• 命 - life; destiny, fate, luck; an order, instruction
• 归 - to return, to go back; to return to, to revert
• 阴 - the female principle; dark, shaded; hidden, implicit, secret

Traditional characters:

• 一 - one; a, an; alone
• 命 - life; destiny, fate, luck; an order, instruction
• 歸 - to return, to go back; to return to, to revert
• 陰 - the female principle; dark, shaded; hidden, implicit, secret