福壽全歸
fú​shòu​quán​guī

enjoyed both happiness and longevity

  • created sense approved 福寿全归/福壽全歸 · fú​shòu​quán​guī · enjoyed both happiness and longevity — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    福寿全归 / 福壽全歸

    fú​shòu​quán​guī

    enjoyed both happiness and longevity

    Used as a formal honorific expression in funeral elegies for an elderly man who has lived a long and fortunate life.

    福 (literal) → 福 · fú · good fortune 寿 (literal) → 寿/壽 · shòu · longevity 全 (literal) → 全 · quán · complete 归 (literal) → 归/歸 · guī · to return

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

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