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命归黄泉

mìng guī Huáng quán

4-character word Traditional 命歸黃泉

What 命归黄泉 means

1. lit. to return to the Yellow Springs {黄泉|Huáng quán} (idiom)
2. fig. to die
3. to meet one's end

The characters in 命归黄泉

• 命mìnglife; fate; order or command
• 归guīto return; to go back to; to give back to
• 黄huángyellow; pornographic; to fall through
• 泉quánspring (small stream); mouth of a spring; coin (archaic)

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