山頹梁摧
shān​tuí​liáng​cuī

death of a great person

  • created sense approved 山颓梁摧/山頹梁摧 · shān​tuí​liáng​cuī · death of a great person — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    山颓梁摧 / 山頹梁摧

    shān​tuí​liáng​cuī

    death of a great person

    the mountain crumbles and the beam breaks; a metaphor for the passing of a highly respected elder or a great person of immense stature

    山 (literal) → 山 · shān · mountain 颓 (literal) → 颓/頹 · tuí · to collapse 梁 (literal) → 梁 · liáng · beam 摧 (literal) → 摧 · cuī · to destroy

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

    created sense