命薄如花
mìng​bó​rú​huā

tragically short-lived; ill-fated

  • created sense approved 命薄如花 · mìng​bó​rú​huā · tragically short-lived; ill-fated — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    命薄如花

    mìng​bó​rú​huā

    tragically short-lived; ill-fated

    (idiom) an individual's life is as fragile and short-lived as a flower; most often used to describe a woman's tragic fate or early death

    命薄 (literal) → 命薄 · mìng​bó · to be unlucky 如花 (literal) → 如花 · rú​huā · flower-like

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

    created sense