出师未捷身先死 chūshīwèijiéshēnxiānsǐ he died before achieving victory Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 出师未捷身先死 出師未捷身先死 chūshīwèijiéshēnxiānsǐ he died before achieving victory Literary phrase used to describe someone who died before finishing their mission; originally from a poem by 杜甫 dùfǔ about the statesman 诸葛亮 zhūgěliàng. Frequency Written text 0.131 per million Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
出师未捷身先死 出師未捷身先死 chūshīwèijiéshēnxiānsǐ he died before achieving victory Literary phrase used to describe someone who died before finishing their mission; originally from a poem by 杜甫 dùfǔ about the statesman 诸葛亮 zhūgěliàng. Frequency Written text 0.131 per million Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)