Dictionary › 英年早逝

英年早逝

yīng nián zǎo shì

4-character word

What 英年早逝 means

1. to die an untimely death (idiom)
2. to be cut off in one's prime

The characters in 英年早逝

• 英yīnghero; outstanding; excellent
• 年niányear
• 早zǎoearly; morning; Good morning!
• 逝shì(of flowing water or time) to pass by; to pass away; to die

Example sentences

• 英年早逝。
  Yīngniánzǎoshì.
  Whom the gods love die young.

Go deeper

• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read yīng nián zǎo shì correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.