老死牖下 — “To die of old age in one's home, having lived out one's natural life”
老死牖下 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to die of old age in one's home, having lived out one's natural life”. Literally, “die of old age by the window”.
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老死牖下 Pronunciation and Pinyin
老死牖下 Character Breakdown
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他一生平淡，没有大富大贵，但身体康健，最终老死牖下，也算是一种圆满。
He lived a simple and uneventful life, neither extremely rich nor powerful, but he enjoyed good health and eventually died of old age in his home, which can be considered a kind of fulfillment.
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Synonyms of 老死牖下
More idioms starting with 老
- lǎo老bù不xiǎo晓shì事old and muddled
- lǎo老zhī之jiāng将zhì至old age is approaching
- lǎo老yú于shì世gù故worldly-wise and experienced
- lǎo老sēng僧rù入dìng定deeply absorbed and still
- lǎo老bā八bèi辈zi子extremely old-fashioned
- lǎo老yī医shǎo少bo卜Each has their own strengths
- lǎo老gǔ古bǎn板an old-fashioned stick-in-the-mud
- lǎo老gǔ古dǒng董old-fashioned person or thing
- lǎo老wú吾lǎo老yǐ以jí及rén人zhī之lǎo老Respect all elders as your own
- lǎo老dà大tú徒shāng伤Regret wasted youth in old age
- lǎo老dà大tú徒shāng伤bēi悲lament wasted youth in old age
- lǎo老dà大wú无chéng成grow old without achieving anything
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What does 老死牖下 mean?
老死牖下 (lǎo sǐ yǒu xià) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to die of old age in one's home, having lived out one's natural life”.
How do you pronounce 老死牖下?
老死牖下 is pronounced lǎo sǐ yǒu xià in Mandarin Chinese.
What does 老死牖下 literally mean?
Literally, 老死牖下 means “die of old age by the window”. It is used to mean “to die of old age in one's home, having lived out one's natural life”.
What is the Chinese definition of 老死牖下?
牖：窗。形容得享天年