"生老病死" meaning in 漢語

See 生老病死 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Phrase

IPA: /ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ piŋ⁵¹ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ [Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /sɐŋ⁵⁵ lou̯¹³ pɛːŋ²² sei̯³⁵/ [Cantonese, IPA]
Etymology: 從年輕的佛陀所遇到的人類存在的四種景象,促使他想要結束人類的痛苦。
  1. 泛指人生中誕生、衰老、疾病、死亡等生命現象
    Sense id: zh-生老病死-zh-phrase-tBMxiu0a Categories (other): 漢語 佛教
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (泛指人生中誕生、衰老、疾病、死亡等生命現象): 四苦
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  "categories": [
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "官話成語",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "官話詞元",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「死」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「生」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「病」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「老」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "有4個詞條的頁面",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "有國際音標的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "有詞條的頁面",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "漢語並列成語",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "漢語成語",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "漢語詞元",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "粵語成語",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "粵語詞元",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "日語",
      "lang_code": "ja",
      "roman": "shōrōbyōshi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "生",
          "しょう"
        ],
        [
          "老",
          "ろう"
        ],
        [
          "病",
          "びょう"
        ],
        [
          "死",
          "し"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "生老病死"
    },
    {
      "lang": "朝鮮語",
      "lang_code": "ko",
      "roman": "saengnobyeongsa",
      "word": "생로병사(生老病死)"
    },
    {
      "lang": "越南語",
      "lang_code": "vi",
      "roman": "生老病死",
      "word": "sinh lão bệnh tử"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "從年輕的佛陀所遇到的人類存在的四種景象,促使他想要結束人類的痛苦。",
  "lang": "漢語",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "pos_title": "成語",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "漢語 佛教",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "泛指人生中誕生、衰老、疾病、死亡等生命現象"
      ],
      "id": "zh-生老病死-zh-phrase-tBMxiu0a",
      "raw_tags": [
        "原為佛教"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shēnglǎobìngsǐ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄕㄥ ㄌㄠˇ ㄅㄧㄥˋ ㄙˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sang¹ lou⁵ beng⁶ sei²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shēnglǎobìngsǐ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄕㄥ ㄌㄠˇ ㄅㄧㄥˋ ㄙˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shenglǎobìngsǐh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Wade–Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shêng¹-lao³-ping⁴-ssŭ³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shēng-lǎu-bìng-sž"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shenglaobinqsyy"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "шэнлаобинсы (šɛnlaobinsy)"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ piŋ⁵¹ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "標準粵語",
        "廣州–香港話"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sang¹ lou⁵ beng⁶ sei²"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "標準粵語",
        "廣州–香港話"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sāng lóuh behng séi"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "標準粵語",
        "廣州–香港話"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sang¹ lou⁵ beng⁶ sei²"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "標準粵語",
        "廣州–香港話"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "seng¹ lou⁵ béng⁶ séi²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɐŋ⁵⁵ lou̯¹³ pɛːŋ²² sei̯³⁵/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "標準粵語",
        "廣州–香港話"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "泛指人生中誕生、衰老、疾病、死亡等生命現象",
      "word": "四苦"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "idiomatic"
  ],
  "word": "生老病死"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "官話成語",
    "官話詞元",
    "帶「死」的漢語詞",
    "帶「生」的漢語詞",
    "帶「病」的漢語詞",
    "帶「老」的漢語詞",
    "有4個詞條的頁面",
    "有國際音標的漢語詞",
    "有詞條的頁面",
    "漢語並列成語",
    "漢語成語",
    "漢語詞元",
    "粵語成語",
    "粵語詞元"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "日語",
      "lang_code": "ja",
      "roman": "shōrōbyōshi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "生",
          "しょう"
        ],
        [
          "老",
          "ろう"
        ],
        [
          "病",
          "びょう"
        ],
        [
          "死",
          "し"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "生老病死"
    },
    {
      "lang": "朝鮮語",
      "lang_code": "ko",
      "roman": "saengnobyeongsa",
      "word": "생로병사(生老病死)"
    },
    {
      "lang": "越南語",
      "lang_code": "vi",
      "roman": "生老病死",
      "word": "sinh lão bệnh tử"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "從年輕的佛陀所遇到的人類存在的四種景象,促使他想要結束人類的痛苦。",
  "lang": "漢語",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "pos_title": "成語",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "漢語 佛教"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "泛指人生中誕生、衰老、疾病、死亡等生命現象"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "原為佛教"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shēnglǎobìngsǐ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄕㄥ ㄌㄠˇ ㄅㄧㄥˋ ㄙˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sang¹ lou⁵ beng⁶ sei²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shēnglǎobìngsǐ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄕㄥ ㄌㄠˇ ㄅㄧㄥˋ ㄙˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shenglǎobìngsǐh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Wade–Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shêng¹-lao³-ping⁴-ssŭ³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shēng-lǎu-bìng-sž"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shenglaobinqsyy"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "шэнлаобинсы (šɛnlaobinsy)"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ piŋ⁵¹ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "標準粵語",
        "廣州–香港話"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sang¹ lou⁵ beng⁶ sei²"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "標準粵語",
        "廣州–香港話"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sāng lóuh behng séi"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "標準粵語",
        "廣州–香港話"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sang¹ lou⁵ beng⁶ sei²"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "標準粵語",
        "廣州–香港話"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "seng¹ lou⁵ béng⁶ séi²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɐŋ⁵⁵ lou̯¹³ pɛːŋ²² sei̯³⁵/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "標準粵語",
        "廣州–香港話"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "泛指人生中誕生、衰老、疾病、死亡等生命現象",
      "word": "四苦"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "idiomatic"
  ],
  "word": "生老病死"
}

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