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生死有命

shēng sǐ yǒu mìng

4-character word

What 生死有命 means

1. life and death are ruled by fate (idiom)

The characters in 生死有命

• 生shēngto grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born; to arise; to occur; to light (a fire)
• 死sǐto die; impassable; uncrossable
• 有yǒuto have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意
• 命mìnglife; fate; order or command

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