| Change log entry 1663 | |
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| Processed by: | miles (2007-10-24 00:33:23 UTC) |
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<< review queue entry 1795 - submitted by 'mdbg' >> ## segment 1 / 2 << resubmitted review queue entry 1791 - submitted by 'stevendaniels' >> 30+ ways to die. There are supposedly over 300 different ways of saying "to die" in Chinese. #### The only one I can't find is 交糧本 交粮本 [jiao1 liang2 ben3] /to die/ |
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+ 駕崩 驾崩 [jia4 beng1] /death of king or emperor/demise/ + 駕臨 驾临 [jia4 lin2] /your arrival (honorific)/your esteemed presence/you favor us by coming/ + 駕輕就熟 驾轻就熟 [jia4 qing1 jiu4 shu2] /lit. an easy drive on a familiar path; fig. experience makes progress easy/a task that is so familiar one can do it with one's hand tied behind one's back/ - 逝世 逝世 [shi4 shi4] /pass away/die/ + 逝世 逝世 [shi4 shi4] /to pass away/to die/ + 作怪 作怪 [zuo4 guai4] /to make trouble/mischief/fantastic/to go to bed with sb/to be naughty (oblique reference to taboo subject of sex)/ + 諱稱 讳称 [hui4 cheng1] /taboo reference/ + 作合 作合 [zuo4 he2] /to make a match/to get married/ + 就木 就木 [jiu4 mu4] /to die/entering one's coffin/ + 就裡 就里 [jiu4 li3] /an internal matter/inside story/ + 下世 下世 [xia4 shi4] /to die/the next generation/ + 就寢 就寝 [jiu4 qin3] /to go to bed/to turn in/ + 謝世 谢世 [xie4 shi4] /to die/same as 去世 or 逝世/used of old people/ + 與世長辭 与世长辞 [yu3 shi4 chang2 ci2] /to die/long farewell to the world/ + 離開人世 离开人世 [li2 kai1 ren2 shi4] /to die/to leave this world/ + 就擒 就擒 [jiu4 qin2] /to be taken prisoner/ + 老了 老了 [lao3 le5] /getting old/ + 嚥氣 咽气 [yan1 qi4] /to die/to breathe one's last/ + 就義 就义 [jiu4 yi4] /to be killed for a righteous cause/to die a martyr/ + 捐軀 捐躯 [juan1 qu1] /to sacrifice one's life/ + 捐募 捐募 [juan1 mu4] /to solicit contributions/to collect donations/ + 捐生 捐生 [juan1 sheng1] /to sacrifice one's life/ + 捐命 捐命 [juan1 ming4] /to lay down one's life/ + 獻身殉職 献身殉职 [xian4 shen1 xun4 zhi2] /to sacrifice one's life in the line of duty/ |