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死而后已

sǐ ér hòu yǐ

4-character word Traditional 死而後已

What 死而后已 means

1. until death puts an end (idiom); one's whole life
2. unto one's dying day

The characters in 死而后已

• 死sǐto die; impassable; uncrossable
• 而érand; as well as; and so
• 后hòuempress; queen; (archaic) monarch
• 已yǐalready; to stop; then

Words containing 死而后已

• 鞠躬尽瘁，死而后已jū gōng jìn cuì , sǐ ér hòu yǐto bend to a task and spare no effort unto one's dying day (idiom)…