to die of old age; to die in one's bed at a ripe old age; (fig.) (of a structure or machine etc) to come to the end of its life
trad. 壽終正寢
Also written 壽終正寢【shòu zhōng zhèng qǐn】
Characters in this word
4寿
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surname Shou
- Pinyin
- Shòu
- Traditional
- 壽
- Strokes
- 7
终
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end, finish
- Pinyin
- zhōng
- Traditional
- 終
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 8830 of 2500
正
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first month of the lunar year
- Pinyin
- zhēng
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 588 of 2500
寝
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old variant of 寢|寝[qin3]
- Pinyin
- qǐn
- Traditional
- 寑
- Strokes
- 13