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仙逝
xiān​shì

to become immortal

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
仙逝 xiān​shì
to become immortal
to become an immortal and ascend to heaven
to pass away
(literary) a polite or literary way to refer to death, especially regarding the elderly

Frequency

Written text
0.234 per million

Cross-References

Synonym

  • 归天 guī​tiān
  • 去世 qù​shì
  • 仙游 xiān​yóu

Sources

Frequency data
BCC Corpus (BLCU)