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好死不如赖活
hǎo​sǐ​bù​rú​lài​huó

better to live a wretched life than die a noble death

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
  1. 好死 hǎo​sǐ
    natural death
    To die a natural death; to pass away peacefully from old age or natural causes.
  2. 不如 bù​rú verbpreposition
    not as good as
    not equal to; inferior to; to be not as good as
  3. 赖 賴 lài
    bad
    (colloquial) bad; poor; inferior
  4. 活 huó verb
    to live
    to live; to exist; to survive