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死無葬身之地

简死无葬身之地 · 繁死無葬身之地

Mandarin · pinyin sǐ wú zàng shēn zhī dì

to die without a burial site
to die a pauper
a tragic end

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死: sǐ · die; dead; death
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葬: zàng · bury, inter
身: shēn · body; trunk, hull; Kangxi radical 158
之: zhī · marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; go to
地: de · dì · earth; soil, ground; region
无: wú · negative, no, not; Kangxi radical 71

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3–2–4–1–1–4 · si3 wu2 zang4 shen1 zhi1 di4

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sei2 mou4 zong3 san1 zi1 dei6

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(idiomatic) to die a horrible or tragic death

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