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出师未捷身先死
chū shī wèi jié shēn xiān sǐ
What 出师未捷身先死 means
- "he failed to complete his quest before death" (line from the poem "The Premier of Shu" {蜀相|Shǔ xiàng} by Du Fu {杜甫|Dù Fǔ})
The characters in 出师未捷身先死
- 出chūto go out; to come out; to arise; to occur; to produce; to yield
- 师shīteacher; master; expert
- 未wèinot yet; did not; have not
- 捷jiévictory; triumph; quick
- 身shēnbody; life; oneself
- 先xiānbeforehand; first; earlier; at first; originally; for the time being; for now
- 死sǐto die; impassable; uncrossable
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