好死不如赖活
hǎo​sǐ​bù​rú​lài​huó

better to live a wretched life than die a noble death

  • created reference approved 好死不如赖活/好死不如賴活 → 好死不如恶活/好死不如惡活 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    好死不如赖活 / 好死不如賴活 hǎo​sǐ​bù​rú​lài​huó

    好死不如恶活 / 好死不如惡活 hǎo​sǐ​bù​rú'è​huó

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  • created sense approved 好死不如赖活/好死不如賴活 · hǎo​sǐ​bù​rú​lài​huó · better to live a wretched life than die a noble death — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    好死不如赖活 / 好死不如賴活

    hǎo​sǐ​bù​rú​lài​huó

    better to live a wretched life than die a noble death

    It is better to live even a difficult or miserable life than to die, suggesting that life should be valued above all else; also written [[好死不如恶活|好死不如惡活|hao3 si3 bu4 ru2 e4 huo2]].

    好死 (literal) → 好死 · hǎo​sǐ · natural death 不如 (literal) → 不如 · bù​rú · not as good as 赖 (literal) → 赖/賴 · lài · bad 活 (literal) → 活 · huó · to live

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