死而后已 — Chinese idiom
死而后已
sǐ ér hòu yǐ
Traditional: 死而後已
Meaning
- until death puts an end ; one's whole life
- unto one's dying day
Character by character
- 死sǐdead; death; impassable, inflexible
- 而érand, and then, and yet; but
- 后hòuafter; behind, rear; descendants
- 已yǐalready; finished; to stop; then, afterwards
Idioms sharing a character
- 不知死活 bù zhī sǐ huó
- 九死一生 jiǔ sǐ yī shēng
- 你死我活 nǐ sǐ wǒ huó
- 兔死狐悲 tù sǐ hú bēi
- 兔死狗烹 tù sǐ gǒu pēng
- 出生入死 chū shēng rù sǐ
- 半死不活 bàn sǐ bù huó
- 厚死薄生 hòu sǐ bó shēng
- 垂死挣扎 chuí sǐ zhēng zhá
- 客死异乡 kè sǐ yì xiāng
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