die an untimely on(sǐ yú fēi mìng)

die an untimely on

The Chinese idiom, s ǐ y ú f ē im ì ng, means to die in an unexpected disaster. It's from Mencius with all his heart.

Entry

die an untimely on

Pinyin

sǐyúfēimìng

Citation explanation

Death by accident is not natural death. "It's not the right life to shackle the dead," Mencius says The first volume of Han Ying's Han Shi waizhuan in the Western Han Dynasty: "if a man has three deaths but not life, he will take it himself." Shi Naian, Ming Dynasty Chapter 15 of the complete story of the Water Margin: if the three of us are reluctant to help each other with their lives, we will take the wine as an oath to teach us that we will all suffer from misfortune, ill health and death. Shi Naian's Water Margin chapter 40: Song Jiang gets up and talks with the people: "Song Jiang, if there are no heroes to help, he and Dai Ruan Chang will die. Today's kindness is deeper than the sea. How can I repay you all? " Chapter 81 of romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong of Ming Dynasty: as the son of heaven, I want to share wealth with my two younger brothers. Unfortunately, I have been killed! See this two nephews, can not break heart! Chapter 117 of the romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong of the Ming Dynasty: he and Deng died of unnatural death, which should be controlled. Chapter 97 of journey to the west by Wu Chengen in the Ming Dynasty: this year, I'm only 64 years old. I'm just enjoying it. When can I be so kind as not to be rewarded, but to be killed? Sigh, sigh! Chapter 13 of the chronicles of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty by Feng Menglong of the Ming Dynasty: Prince Cheng Fu and Guan Zhifu lead more than 100 dead men to come forward together and chop Zi Fu to death. The company of many people see that Qi people are powerful. Who dares to do it? All fled for a while. Chapter 4 of a brief history of civilization: if you think that you will be able to work for your country in the future, you will know that you will die in an unnatural way.

Idiom usage

To die in an unexpected calamity

Idioms and allusions

During the Warring States period, the students of Mencius could not understand people's good fortune, bad fortune and good fortune. Why do good and clean people die suddenly. Mencius replied: the good fortune, bad fortune and good fortune in the world are left to fate. Man must bear the just good fortune, bad fortune and good fortune of heaven. It is also normal for some people to die in spite of their devotion to self-cultivation.

Analysis of Idioms

Antonyms die in a proper way

Chinese PinYin : sǐ yú fēi mìng