养生送死

Traditional form:

養生送死

Pinyin (reading):

yǎngshēngsòngsǐ

Definitions:

• to be looked after in life and given a proper burial thereafter (idiom)

Characters:

• 养 - to raise, to rear, to bring up; to support
• 生 - life, lifetime; birth; growth
• 送 - to see off, to send off, to dispatch; to give
• 死 - dead; death; impassable, inflexible

Traditional characters:

• 養 - to raise, to rear, to bring up; to support
• 生 - life, lifetime; birth; growth
• 送 - to see off, to send off, to dispatch; to give
• 死 - dead; death; impassable, inflexible