one's days are numbered; not to have long to live (often fig.)
trad. 壽命不長
Also written 壽命不長【shòu mìng bù cháng】
Characters in this word
4寿
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surname Shou
- Pinyin
- Shòu
- Traditional
- 壽
- Strokes
- 7
命
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life, fate, order or command, to assign a name, title etc
- Pinyin
- mìng
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 1561 of 2500
不
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no; not so, (bound form) not; un-
- Pinyin
- bù
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 9 of 2500
长
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long, (bound form) length, (bound form) strong point; forte, (bound form) to be good at, (literary) surplus; spare (Taiwan pr. [zhang4])
- Pinyin
- cháng
- Traditional
- 長
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 1042 of 2500