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生荣死哀

shēng róng sǐ āi

4-character word Traditional 生榮死哀

What 生荣死哀 means

1. to be respected in life and lamented in death (idiom)

The characters in 生荣死哀

• 生shēngto grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born; to arise; to occur; to light (a fire)
• 荣róngglory; honor; thriving
• 死sǐto die; impassable; uncrossable
• 哀āi(bound form) sorrow; grief; pity; (bound form) to grieve for; to pity; to lament…

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