shòu​mìng​bù​cháng

to have a short life

  • created sense approved 寿命不长/壽命不長 · shòu​mìng​bù​cháng · to have a short life — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    寿命不长 / 壽命不長

    shòu​mìng​bù​cháng

    to have a short life

    to not have long to live; one's days are numbered (often used figuratively for objects or systems)

    寿命 (literal) → 寿命/壽命 · shòu​mìng · lifespan 不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not 长 (literal) → 长/長 · cháng · long

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

    created sense