好死不如赖活着

Traditional: 好死不如賴活著

hǎo sǐ bù rú lài huó zhe

Dictionary entry

better a bad life than a good death (idiom)

What does 好死不如赖活着 mean?

好死不如赖活着 (hǎo sǐ bù rú lài huó zhe) has the following dictionary meaning.

1better a bad life than a good death (idiom)

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好hǎogood · appropriate; proper 死sǐto die · impassable 不bùno; not so · (bound form) not; un-如rúas · as if 赖Làisurname Lai · (Tw) (coll.) LINE messaging app 活huóto live · alive 着zhāovariant of 著|着[zhao1]

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好死不如赖活着

hǎo sǐ bù rú lài huó zhe

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