羽化登仙
yǔ​huà​dēng​xiān

to become an immortal

yǔ​huà​dēng​xiān to become an immortal · to feel otherworldly
  1. 羽化 yǔ​huà
    to become immortal
    (in Daoism) to become an immortal and ascend to heaven; to become as light as a feather and fly away
  2. 登仙 dēng​xiān
    to become immortal
    (literary) to ascend to heaven and become an immortal; to achieve immortality

yǔ​huà​dēng​xiān to pass away
  1. 羽化 yǔ​huà
    to pass away
    (polite) a respectful way to refer to the death of a Daoist priest; to die
  2. 登仙 dēng​xiān
    to die
    (euphemism) to pass away; to die