英年早逝 — Chinese idiom
英年早逝
yīng nián zǎo shì
Meaning
- to die an untimely death
- to be cut off in one's prime
Character by character
- 英yīngpetal, flower, leaf; brave, heroic; English
- 年niányear; anniversary; a person's age
- 早zǎoearly; soon; morning
- 逝shìto die, to pass away
Idioms sharing a character
- 含英咀华 hán yīng jǔ huá
- 天妒英才 tiān dù yīng cái
- 一年一度 yī nián yī dù
- 人寿年丰 rén shòu nián fēng
- 似水年华 sì shuǐ nián huá
- 年久失修 nián jiǔ shī xiū
- 年功加俸 nián gōng jiā fèng
- 年富力强 nián fù lì qiáng
- 年少无知 nián shào wú zhī
- 年复一年 nián fù yī nián
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