lit. to return to the Yellow Springs 黃泉|黄泉[Huang2 quan2] (idiom); fig. to die; to meet one's end
trad. 命歸黃泉
Also written 命歸黃泉【mìng guī Huáng quán】
Characters in this word
4命
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life, fate, order or command, to assign a name, title etc
- Pinyin
- mìng
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 1561 of 2500
归
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surname Gui
- Pinyin
- Guī
- Traditional
- 歸
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 3299 of 2500
黄
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surname Huang or Hwang
- Pinyin
- Huáng
- Traditional
- 黃
- Strokes
- 11
- Frequency
- 4900 of 2500
泉
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spring (small stream), mouth of a spring, coin (archaic)
- Pinyin
- quán
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 20302 of 2500