guī​xī

to pass away

  • created reference approved 归西/歸西 → 去世 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    归西 / 歸西 guī​xī

    去世 qù​shì

    synonym

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 归西/歸西 · guī​xī · to pass away — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    归西 / 歸西

    guī​xī

    to pass away

    to die; a polite way to refer to someone's death, literally meaning to return to the Western Paradise

    归 (literal) → 归/歸 · guī · to return 西 (literal) → 西 · xī · the afterlife

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

    created sense