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生荣死哀
shēng​róng​sǐ'āi

respected in life and mourned in death

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生荣死哀/ 生榮死哀 shēng​róng​sǐ'āi respected in life and mourned in death

(idiom) to be honored while living and lamented when dead; often used in funeral eulogies to praise the deceased.

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