人死留名
rén​sǐ​liú​míng

dying leaving a good name

  • created reference approved 人死留名 → 豹死留皮 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    人死留名 rén​sǐ​liú​míng

    豹死留皮 bào​sǐ​liú​pí

    synonym

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 人死留名 · rén​sǐ​liú​míng · dying leaving a good name — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    人死留名

    rén​sǐ​liú​míng

    dying leaving a good name

    (idiom) One should strive to leave a legacy for future generations after death; implies that a person's reputation should endure like the pelt of a leopard.

    人 (literal) → 人 · rén · person 死 (literal) → 死 · sǐ · to die 留名 (literal) → 留名 · liú​míng · to leave a reputation

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

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