命归黄泉
命归黄泉
mìng guī Huáng quán
lit. to return to the Yellow Springs 黃泉|黄泉[Huang2 quan2] (idiom); fig. to die; to meet one's end
idiomverb
Traditional: 命歸黃泉
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- (idiom, verb) lit. to return to the Yellow Springs 黃泉|黄泉[Huang2 quan2] (idiom)
- fig. to die
- to meet one's end
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Related Words
五帝(wǔ dì)— Five Emperors from legendary times
→内经(Nèi jīng)— abbr. for 黃帝內經|黄帝内经[Huang2 di4 Nei4 jing1], Yellow Emperor's Internal Canon, medical text c. 300 BC
→刑天(Xíng tiān)— Xingtian, headless giant hero of Chinese mythology decapitated by the Yellow Emperor 黃帝|黄帝[Huang2 di4]
→命赴黄泉(mìng fù Huáng quán)— to visit the Yellow Springs
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