幽明異路
yōu​míng​yì​lù

the dead and the living are separated

  • created sense approved 幽明异路/幽明異路 · yōu​míng​yì​lù · the dead and the living are separated — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    幽明异路 / 幽明異路

    yōu​míng​yì​lù

    the dead and the living are separated

    The realm of the dead and the realm of the living are separate and do not mix; used to describe the absolute boundary between life and death.

    幽明 (literal) → 幽明 · yōu​míng · the living and the dead 异 (literal) → 异/異 · yì · to separate 路 (literal) → 路 · lù · road

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

    created sense