Our mission is to provide free tools for learning Chinese. This series explores idioms and proverbs, meaningful phrases worth knowing. Today’s idiom: 「哀死事生」.
Here’s the idiom 「哀死事生」, with its definition and practical application described below.
Ai: sorrow; Shi: serve. Mourn the dead, serve the living
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
āi sǐ shì shēng
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
oi1 sei2 si6 saang1/sang1
Chinese idioms, with their vast variety, hold different meanings and uses. Their abundance makes studying them rewarding, and these materials are here to help you along the way.
