命归黄泉 — Chinese idiom
命归黄泉
mìng guī Huáng quán
Traditional: 命歸黃泉
Meaning
- lit. to return to the Yellow Springs 黄泉 (Huáng quán)
- fig. to die
- to meet one's end
Character by character
- 命mìnglife; destiny, fate, luck; an order, instruction
- 归guīto return, to go back; to return to, to revert
- 黄Huángyellow; surname
- 泉quánspring, fountain; wealth, money
Idioms sharing a character
- 一命呜呼 yī mìng wū hū
- 一钱如命 yī qián rú mìng
- 亡命之徒 wáng mìng zhī tú
- 人命关天 rén mìng guān tiān
- 命中注定 mìng zhōng zhù dìng
- 命在旦夕 mìng zài dàn xī
- 命途多舛 mìng tú duō chuǎn
- 嗜酒如命 shì jiǔ rú mìng
- 威尊命贱 wēi zūn mìng jiàn
- 安身立命 ān shēn lì mìng
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