好死不如赖活 hǎosǐbùrúlàihuó better to live a wretched life than die a noble death Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 好死 hǎosǐ natural death To die a natural death; to pass away peacefully from old age or natural causes.不如 bùrú verbpreposition not as good as not equal to; inferior to; to be not as good as赖 賴 lài bad (colloquial) bad; poor; inferior活 huó verb to live to live; to exist; to survive