死于非命 — Chinese idiom
死于非命
sǐ yú fēi mìng
Traditional: 死於非命
Meaning
- violent death ; to die in a disaster
- an unnatural death
Character by character
- 死sǐdead; death; impassable, inflexible
- 于yúat, in, on; to, from; alas!
- 非fēinot, negative, non-; to oppose
- 命mìnglife; destiny, fate, luck; an order, instruction
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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