生荣死哀
Traditional form:
生榮死哀
Pinyin (reading):
shēngróngsǐ'āi
Definitions:
- to be respected in life and lamented in death (idiom)
Characters:
- 生 - life, lifetime; birth; growth
- 荣 - glory, honor; to flourish, to prosper
- 死 - dead; death; impassable, inflexible
- 哀 - sad, mournful, pitiful; to pity; to grieve
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