厚死薄生 — Chinese idiom
厚死薄生
hòu sǐ bó shēng
Meaning
- lit. to praise the dead and revile the living
- fig. to live in the past
Character by character
- 厚hòugenerous; substantial; deep (as a friendship)
- 死sǐdead; death; impassable, inflexible
- 薄bóthin, slight; meager, weak; poor, stingy
- 生shēnglife, lifetime; birth; growth
Idioms sharing a character
- 厚古薄今 hòu gǔ bó jīn
- 厚德载物 hòu dé zài wù
- 厚积薄发 hòu jī bó fā
- 得天独厚 dé tiān dú hòu
- 未可厚非 wèi kě hòu fēi
- 深情厚意 shēn qíng hòu yì
- 隆情厚谊 lóng qíng hòu yì
- 高官厚禄 gāo guān hòu lù
- 不知死活 bù zhī sǐ huó
- 九死一生 jiǔ sǐ yī shēng
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