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厚死薄生

Mandarin · pinyin hòu sǐ bó shēng

lit. to praise the dead and revile the living
fig. to live in the past (idiom)

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厚: hòu · thick; substantial; greatly
死: sǐ · die; dead; death
薄: báo · bó · thin, slight, weak; poor, stingy
生: shēng · life, living, lifetime; birth

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4–3–2–1 · hou4 si3 bo2 sheng1

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hau5 sei2 bok6 sang1

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