短命

Traditional form:

短命

Pinyin (reading):

duǎnmìng

Definitions:

• to die young
• short-lived

Characters:

• 短 - brief, short; deficient, lacking
• 命 - life; destiny, fate, luck; an order, instruction

Traditional characters:

• 短 - brief, short; deficient, lacking
• 命 - life; destiny, fate, luck; an order, instruction