养生送死

Traditional: 養生送死

yǎng shēng sòng sǐ

Dictionary entry

to be looked after in life and given a proper burial thereafter (idiom)

What does 养生送死 mean?

养生送死 (yǎng shēng sòng sǐ) has the following dictionary meaning.

1to be looked after in life and given a proper burial thereafter (idiom)

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养yǎngto raise (animals) · to bring up (children)生shēngto grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born · to arise; to occur 送sòngto send; to deliver; to transmit · to give (as a present)死sǐto die · impassable

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养生送死

yǎng shēng sòng sǐ

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