一命归西
yī​mìng​guī​xī

to die

  • created sense approved 一命归西/一命歸西 · yī​mìng​guī​xī · to die — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    一命归西 / 一命歸西

    yī​mìng​guī​xī

    to die

    to die; to breathe one's last; to give up the ghost; this idiom suggests that a life has returned to the western paradise

    一命 (literal) → 一命 · yī​mìng · a life 归西 (literal) → 归西/歸西 · guī​xī · to pass away

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