serve parents while living and give proper burial after death
The Chinese idiom, Pinyin is y à ngsh à ngs à ng s à, which means that children's support and funeral for their parents are the same as "supporting life and sending death". It comes from Mencius, the first king of Liang Hui.
Notes on Idioms
Mourning, mourning.
The origin of Idioms
"Mencius · Liang Hui Wang Shang" said: "there is no regret in life and death, the beginning of kingcraft."
Analysis of Idioms
Used as a predicate or attributive; used in writing.
Chinese PinYin : yǎng shēng sàng sǐ
serve parents while living and give proper burial after death
destroy the old and establish the new. pò jiù lì xīn
Three fists are not equal to four hands. sān quán bù dí sì shǒu
chase the sun and drive the wind. zhú diàn zhuī fēng
Holding ice in winter and holding fire in summer. dōng hán bào bīng,xià rè wò huǒ