厚死薄生 hòu sǐ bó shēng

DEFINITIONS

  1. lit. to praise the dead and revile the living
  2. fig. to live in the past (idiom)

CHARACTERS

厚 hòu thick; substantial; greatly
死 sǐ die; dead; death
薄 bó thin, slight, weak; poor, stingy
生 shēng life, living, lifetime; birth