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夭折
yāo​zhé

to die young

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
夭折 yāo​zhé
to die young
to die prematurely; to die before reaching adulthood
to fall through
to come to a premature end; to be abandoned or fail halfway, like a project or plan

Frequency

Movie subtitles
0.660 per million appears in 0% of films
Written text
2.25 per million

Cross-References

Same as

  • 夭逝 yāo​shì
  • 夭亡 yāo​wáng

Sources

Frequency data
SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)