xièlù
funeral dirge
薤露 xièlù
- funeral dirge
- (literary) a funeral dirge or song of mourning; specifically an ancient Yuefu song used for burials, expressing the fleeting nature of human life by comparing it to dew on a shallot leaf
- dew on a shallot leaf
- (literary) dew on a shallot leaf, used as a metaphor for the brevity of human life