断子绝孙

Traditional form:

斷子絕孫

Pinyin (reading):

duànzǐjuésūn

Definitions:

• to die without progeny
• (offensive) may you die childless
• may you be the last of your family line

Characters:

• 断 - to sever, to cut off, to interrupt
• 子 - son, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thing
• 绝 - to cut, to sever; to break off, to terminate
• 孙 - grandchild, descendent; surname

Traditional characters:

• 斷 - to sever, to cut off, to interrupt
• 子 - son, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thing
• 絕 - to cut, to sever; to break off, to terminate
• 孫 - grandchild, descendent; surname