不终天年

to die before one's allotted lifespan has run its course (idiom)

Characters and words in 不终天年

(negative prefix) / not / no

= + : Bruno Bear (bu) is setting up a wind wheel (丆) with a voodoo staff (卜) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). He also puts a "forbidden" sign (mnemonic symbol for 不) on it, to make clear that it may not (不) be stopped.
no; not so / (bound form) not; un-
end / finish

= + : Julian Giant Squid (zhu) and the silk worm (纟) are eating udon noodles (冬) in front of the engine ((e)ng1). After a while into the dish they accidently both suck on one end (终) of the same noodle and eventually kiss.
all day long / all one's life
day / sky / heaven

= + : Mother Teresa (ti) programmed a robot (大) to play a flute duet together with her in front of the anthill (an1). As they play their flutes (一) an angel (天) hears their heavenly tune and descends from heaven to listen to them.
natural life span
surname Nian
year / CL:個|个[ge4]

= + + : Nefertiti (ni) is having lunch (午) in the anthill's kitchen (an2). Unfortunately they didn't have any cutlery left so she has to use a dinosaur bone (丨) and a flute (一) instead of fork and knife. It will take her a whole year (年) to finish her lunch this way.
grain / harvest (old) / variant of 年[nian2]

Words with 不终天年

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Sentences with 不终天年

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