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to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw |
old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix) |
ailment; illness; disease ailment; illness; disease; fall ill; sick; defect |
to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid |
| trad. (生老病死)
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生
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老
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病
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死
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| simp. #(生老病死)
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生
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老
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病
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死
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Etymology
From the four sights of human existence encountered by the young Buddha, which motivated his desire to end human suffering.
Pronunciation
Idiom
生老病死
- (originally Buddhism) to be born, to get old, to become ill and to die; fate of humankind; mortality
Descendants
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Korean
Noun
生老病死 • (saengnobyeongsa) (hangeul 생로병사)
- hanja form? of 생로병사 (“birth, old age, disease, and death”)