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养生送死

yǎng shēng sòng sǐ

4-character word Traditional 養生送死

What 养生送死 means

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

The characters in 养生送死

• 养yǎngto raise (animals); to bring up (children); to keep (pets)
• 生shēngto grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born; to arise; to occur; to light (a fire)
• 送sòngto send; to deliver; to transmit; to give (as a present); to see (sb) off
• 死sǐto die; impassable; uncrossable