死無葬身之地 sǐ wú zàng shēn zhī dì

a tragic end; to die without a burial site; to die a pauper

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. a tragic end
  2. 2. to die without a burial site
  3. 3. to die a pauper

Characters

Character Meaning
死 sǐ HSK 4
to die; extremely; inflexible
無 wú
not; no; not to have
葬 zàng HSK 6
to bury (the dead); to inter; old variant of 葬zàng
身 shēn HSK 2
body; oneself; personally
之 zhī HSK 4
(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的de); it
地 dì HSK 3
ground; land; adverb marker -ly