"生老病死" meaning in Chinese

See 生老病死 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Phrase

IPA: /ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ piŋ⁵¹ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /sɐŋ⁵⁵ lou̯¹³ pɛːŋ²² sei̯³⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ piŋ⁵¹ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/, /sɐŋ⁵⁵ lou̯¹³ pɛːŋ²² sei̯³⁵/ Chinese transliterations: shēnglǎobìngsǐ [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄕㄥ ㄌㄠˇ ㄅㄧㄥˋ ㄙˇ [Mandarin, bopomofo], sang¹ lou⁵ beng⁶ sei² [Cantonese, Jyutping], shēnglǎobìngsǐ [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], shenglǎobìngsǐh [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], shêng¹-lao³-ping⁴-ssŭ³ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], shēng-lǎu-bìng-sž [Mandarin, Yale], shenglaobinqsyy [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], шэнлаобинсы [Mandarin, Palladius], šɛnlaobinsy [Mandarin, Palladius], sāng lóuh behng séi [Cantonese, Yale], sang¹ lou⁵ beng⁶ sei² [Cantonese, Pinyin], seng¹ lou⁵ béng⁶ séi² [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization]
Etymology: From the four sights of human existence encountered by the young Buddha, which motivated his desire to end human suffering. Head templates: {{head|zh|idiom}} 生老病死
  1. (originally Buddhism) to be born, to get old, to become ill and to die; fate of humankind; mortality Wikipedia link: four sights Tags: idiomatic Categories (topical): Buddhism Related terms: เกิดแก่เจ็บตาย [Thai]
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