出师未捷身先死
Traditional form:
出師未捷身先死
Pinyin (reading):
chūshīwèijiéshēnxiānsǐ
Definitions:
- "he failed to complete his quest before death" (line from the poem "The Premier of Shu" 蜀相 ( Shǔxiàng) by Du Fu 杜甫 ( Dù Fǔ))
Characters:
- 出 - to go out, to send out; stand; produce
- 师 - teacher, professional, master
- 未 - not yet; 8th terrestrial branch
- 捷 - nimble, quick; triumph, victory
- 身 - body, torso; person; pregnancy
- 先 - first, former, previous
- 死 - dead; death; impassable, inflexible
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