生老病死

shēng lǎo bìng sǐ

Dictionary entry

(lit.) to be born, to grow old, to get sick and to die (idiom)

What does 生老病死 mean?

生老病死 (shēng lǎo bìng sǐ) has the following dictionary meaning.

1(lit.) to be born, to grow old, to get sick and to die (idiom)

2(fig.) the fate of humankind (i.e. mortality)

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生shēngto grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born · to arise; to occur 老lǎoprefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity · old (of people)病bìngillness · CL:場|场[chang2]死sǐto die · impassable

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生老病死

shēng lǎo bìng sǐ

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