朝生暮死
Traditional form:
朝生暮死
Pinyin (reading):
zhāoshēngmùsǐ
Definitions:
- lit. born in the morning and dying at dusk (idiom)
- fig. ephemeral
- transient
Characters:
- 朝 - to face; direct, facing; dynasty; morning
- 生 - life, lifetime; birth; growth
- 暮 - dusk, evening, sunset; ending
- 死 - dead; death; impassable, inflexible
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