生老病死 shēng lǎo bìng sǐ

lit. to be born, to grow old, to get sick and to die

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency 28211th word

Definitions

  1. 1. lit. to be born, to grow old, to get sick and to die
  2. 2. fig. the fate of humankind (i.e. mortality)

Characters

Character Meaning
life; to be born; raw
old (of people)
to fall ill; illness; disease
to die; extremely; inflexible