英年早逝 yīngniánzǎoshì to die young Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 英年 yīngnián adjective prime of one's life The youthful years or the prime of one's life when a person is full of vitality.早逝 zǎoshì adjective to die young to die at a young age; to suffer an untimely death