tài​shān​qí​tuí

the revered man is dead

  • created sense approved 泰山其颓/泰山其頹 · tài​shān​qí​tuí · the revered man is dead — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    泰山其颓 / 泰山其頹

    tài​shān​qí​tuí

    the revered man is dead

    Used as a formal expression of grief or a funeral tribute for a person of great prestige and moral character; literally "Mount Tai is collapsing".

    泰山 (literal) → 泰山 · tài​shān · Mount Tai 其 (literal) → 其 · qí · [third-person possessive] 颓 (literal) → 颓/頹 · tuí · to collapse

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