朝生暮死 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• lit. born in the morning and dying at dusk
• fig. ephemeral
• transient

Character by character

• 朝zhāoto face; direct, facing; dynasty; morning
• 生shēnglife, lifetime; birth; growth
• 暮mùdusk, evening, sunset; ending
• 死sǐdead; death; impassable, inflexible

Idioms sharing a character

• 一朝一夕 yī zhāo yī xī
• 人生朝露 rén shēng zhāo lù
• 危如朝露 wēi rú zhāo lù
• 危若朝露 wēi ruò zhāo lù
• 只争朝夕 zhǐ zhēng zhāo xī
• 四脚朝天 sì jiǎo cháo tiān
• 朝三暮四 zhāo sān mù sì
• 朝不保夕 zhāo bù bǎo xī
• 朝不虑夕 zhāo bù lǜ xī
• 朝乾夕惕 zhāo qián xī tì

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