出师未捷身先死 chūshīwèijiéshēnxiānsǐ died before victory Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 出师未捷身先死 (出師未捷身先死) chūshīwèijiéshēnxiānsǐ died before victory he failed to complete his quest before death (line from the poem "The Premier of Shu" 蜀相 Shǔxiàng by Du Fu 杜甫 Dù Fǔ) Frequency Written text 0.131 per million Sources Definitions CC-CEDICT Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
出师未捷身先死 (出師未捷身先死) chūshīwèijiéshēnxiānsǐ died before victory he failed to complete his quest before death (line from the poem "The Premier of Shu" 蜀相 Shǔxiàng by Du Fu 杜甫 Dù Fǔ) Frequency Written text 0.131 per million Sources Definitions CC-CEDICT Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
