生老病死

lit. to be born, to grow old, to get sick and to die / fig. the fate of humankind (i.e. mortality)

Characters and words in 生老病死

to be born / to give birth / life / to grow / raw / uncooked / student

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a cradle.

Sherlock Holmes (sh) comforts a crying baby bull (牛) in a cradle (生) in front of the engine ((e)ng1) and plays him a tune on a flute (一).
prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity / old (of people) / venerable (person) / experienced / of long standing / always / all the time / of the past / very / outdated / (of meat etc) tough

= + : Lancelot (l) is showing his respect to grandpa (老) in the aorta's living room (ao3). He's bowing deep and offering a crown (⺹), but grandpa refuses by hitting Lancelot on the head with a ladle (匕).
illness / CL:場|场[chang2] / disease / to fall ill / defect

= + : In engine's bathroom Brunhilde is proudly inspecting her bronze medal. She got it in a contest about having the craziest sickness by painting a colorful rash on her face.
to fall ill and die / to die of illness
to die / impassable / uncrossable / inflexible / rigid / extremely / damned

= + : Shakespeare is scared to death when suddenly a witch attacks him with her ladle in the space station.

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