- 命赴黄泉 mìngfùhuángquán to diedie; pass away; visit the Yellow Springs (the underworld)
- 上穷碧落下黄泉 shàngqióngbìluòxiàhuángquán to search everywhereTo search up into the highest heavens and down into the deepest underworld; to leave no stone unturned in an exhaustive search. From a line in the Tang dynasty poem "Song of Everlasting Regret" by Bai Juyi.
- 命归黄泉 mìngguīhuángquán to pass away(idiom) to return to the Yellow Springs; to meet one's end; to die
- 抱恨黄泉 bàohènhuángquán to die with regret(idiom) to harbor regrets into the afterlife; to die with deep resentment or unsatisfied wishes