厚死薄生 — Chinese idiom

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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