寿终正寝 壽終正寢 shòu zhōng zhèng qǐn to die of old age / to die in one's bed at a ripe old age / (fig.) (of a structure or machine etc) to come to the end of its life syn 死难 死難 sǐ nàn to die in an accident / to die for a just cause syn 板牙 bǎn yá incisor / molar / screw die / threading die syn 病死 bìng sǐ to fall ill and die / to die of illness 断子绝孙 斷子絕孫 duàn zǐ jué sūn to die without progeny / (offensive) may you die childless / may you be the last of your family line syn 压印 壓印 stamping / impressing / pressing 暴卒 bào zú to die of sudden illness / to die suddenly syn 去 qù to go / to go to (a place) / (of a time etc) last / just passed / to send / to remove / to get rid of / to reduce / to be apart from in space or time / to die (euphemism) / to play (a part) / (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth / (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker) / (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation) syn 没 沒 mò drowned / to end / to die / to inundate syn 走 zǒu to walk / to go / to run / to move (of vehicle) / to visit / to leave / to go away / to die (euph.) / from / through / away (in compound verbs, such as 撤走[che4 zou3]) / to change (shape, form, meaning) syn 死 sǐ to die / impassable / uncrossable / inflexible / rigid / extremely / damned syn 死亡 sǐ wáng to die / death syn 淘汰 táo tài to wash out / (fig.) to cull / to weed out / to eliminate / to die out / to phase out syn 死去 sǐ qù to die syn 去世 qù shì to pass away / to die syn 永恒 永恆 yǒng héng eternal / everlasting / fig. to pass into eternity (i.e. to die) syn 过世 過世 guò shì to die / to pass away syn 死神 sǐ shén mythological figure (such as the Grim Reaper) in charge of taking the souls of those who die / (fig.) death syn 死人 sǐ rén dead person / (coll.) to die / (of a death) to happen syn 身亡 shēn wáng to die syn 灭绝 滅絕 miè jué to become extinct / to die out / to lose (sth abstract) completely / to exterminate syn 灭亡 滅亡 miè wáng to be destroyed / to become extinct / to perish / to die out / to destroy / to exterminate syn 冻死 凍死 dòng sǐ to freeze to death / to die off in winter 没命 沒命 méi mìng to lose one's life / to die / recklessly / desperately syn 丧生 喪生 sàng shēng to die / to lose one's life syn 气死 氣死 qì sǐ to infuriate / to be furious / to die from an excess of anger 逝去 shì qù to elapse / to pass away / to die / demise 平息 píng xī (of wind etc) to subside / to die down / to quell / to smooth over (a dispute etc) / to suppress (a rebellion etc) syn 熄灭 熄滅 xī miè to stop burning / to go out (of fire) / to die out / extinguished syn 上天 shàng tiān Heaven / Providence / God / the sky above / to fly skywards / (euphemism) to die / to pass away / the previous day (or days) syn 呜呼 嗚呼 wū hū alas / alack / welladay / wellaway / to die syn 无常 無常 wú cháng variable / changeable / fickle / impermanence (Sanskrit: anitya) / ghost taking away the soul after death / to pass away / to die syn 阵亡 陣亡 zhèn wáng to die in battle syn 熄火 xī huǒ (of fire, lamp etc) to go out / to put out (fire) / (fig.) to die down / (of a vehicle) to stall 殉职 殉職 xùn zhí to die in the line of duty syn 消亡 xiāo wáng to die out / to wither away syn 葬身 zàng shēn to bury a corpse / to be buried / (fig.) to die (at sea, in a fire etc) syn 同归于尽 同歸於盡 tóng guī yú jìn to die in such a way that sb (or sth) else also perishes / to take sb down with oneself / to end in mutual destruction 模子 mú zi mold / matrix / pattern or die syn 升天 shēng tiān lit. to ascend to heaven / to die syn 逝世 shì shì to pass away / to die syn 惨死 慘死 cǎn sǐ to die tragically / to meet with a violent death 断气 斷氣 duàn qì to stop breathing / to breathe one's last / to die / to cut the gas supply syn 粉身碎骨 fěn shēn suì gǔ lit. torn body and crushed bones (idiom) / fig. to die horribly / to sacrifice one's life syn 你死我活 nǐ sǐ wǒ huó lit. you die, I live (idiom) / irreconcilable adversaries / two parties cannot coexist syn 死于非命 死於非命 sǐ yú fēi mìng violent death (idiom) / to die in a disaster / an unnatural death syn 成仁 chéng rén to die for a good cause syn 跌跌撞撞 diē die zhuàng zhuàng to stagger along syn 失传 失傳 shī chuán (of skills etc) to die out / lost / extinct syn 归西 歸西 guī xī to die (euphemism, lit. to return West or to the Western Paradise) syn 模具 mú jù mold / matrix / pattern or die / Taiwan pr. [mo2 ju4] syn 咽气 嚥氣 yàn qì to die / to breathe one's last syn 夭折 yāo zhé to die young or prematurely / to come to a premature end / to be aborted prematurely syn 回老家 huí lǎo jiā to go back to one's roots / to return to one's native place / by ext. to join one's ancestors (i.e. to die) syn 陨落 隕落 yǔn luò to fall down / to decay / to fall from the sky / to die 猝死 cù sǐ to die suddenly 死守 sǐ shǒu to defend one's property to the death / to cling obstinately to old habits / die-hard syn 存亡 cún wáng to live or die / to exist or perish syn 辞世 辭世 cí shì to die / to depart this life (euphemism) / same as 去世 syn 生老病死 shēng lǎo bìng sǐ lit. to be born, to grow old, to get sick and to die / fig. the fate of humankind (i.e. mortality) syn 弥留 彌留 mí liú seriously ill and about to die syn 衰亡 shuāi wáng to decline / to die out / decline and fall 泯灭 泯滅 mǐn miè to obliterate / to die out / to disappear syn 物化 wù huà to objectify / (literary) to die syn 殉情 xùn qíng to die together in the name of love / to sacrifice oneself for love 背水一战 背水一戰 bèi shuǐ yī zhàn lit. fight with one's back to the river (idiom) / fig. to fight to win or die syn 作古 zuò gǔ to die / to pass away syn 殒命 殞命 yǔn mìng to die / to perish syn 就义 就義 jiù yì to be killed for a righteous cause / to die a martyr syn 罹难 罹難 lí nàn to die in an accident or disaster / to be killed syn 故去 gù qù to die / death syn 鹿死谁手 鹿死誰手 lù sǐ shéi shǒu lit. at whose hand will the deer die (idiom) / fig. who will emerge victorious syn 归天 歸天 guī tiān to die syn 亡故 wáng gù to die / to pass away syn 与世长辞 與世長辭 yǔ shì cháng cí to die / to depart from the world forever syn 病逝 bìng shì to die of illness syn 羽化 yǔ huà levitation (of Daoist immortal) / to become as light as a feather and ascend to heaven / (in Daoism) to become immortal / to die / of winged insects, to emerge from the cocoon in adult form / eclosion syn 病故 bìng gù to die of an illness syn 殉国 殉國 xùn guó to die for one's country syn 坐化 zuò huà to die in a seated posture (Buddhism) syn 爹爹 diē die daddy / granddad syn 铁杆 鐵桿 tiě gǎn iron rod / zealous / die-hard 不治 bù zhì to die of illness or injury despite receiving medical help 倒头 倒頭 dǎo tóu to lie down / to die 早死 zǎo sǐ to die while still relatively young / to have been dead (for some years) 不讳 不諱 bù huì without concealing anything / to pass away / to die syn 将死 將死 jiāng sǐ to checkmate (in chess) / to be about to die 身故 shēn gù to die syn 暴毙 暴斃 bào bì to die suddenly 横死 橫死 héng sǐ to die by violence syn 横死 橫死 hèng sǐ to die by violence syn 世界报 世界報 shì jiè bào the name of various newspapers, notably Le Monde (France), El Mundo (Spain) and Die Welt (Germany) 仙逝 xiān shì to die / to depart this mortal coil syn 枉死 wǎng sǐ to die in tragic circumstances 去逝 qù shì to pass away / to die 谢世 謝世 xiè shì to die / to pass away syn 压铸机 壓鑄機 yā zhù jī die-casting machine 积重难返 積重難返 jī zhòng nán fǎn ingrained habits are hard to overcome (idiom) / bad old practices die hard syn 故世 gù shì to die / to pass away syn 