汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 生老病死
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)
Buddhist refers to the four bitterness, namely birth, aging, sick, death / Today, it refers to the birth, pension, medical, and funeral in life
佛教指人的四苦,即出生、衰老、生病、死亡。今泛指生活中生育、养老、医疗、殡葬。
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EXAMPLE SENTENCES

每个人都有生老病死

Everyone will birth and death.

陪着我好吗,不管生老病死

Accompany me regardless of sickness and death.

在新中国,劳动人民生老病死都有依靠。

In New China, care during childbirth, old age and illness, as well as burial arrangements, are all guaranteed for the labouring people.

他肯定知道这些生老病死的事情。

He always knows about life and death.

然后又是生老病死,都是上帝的意志。

Then there's death, illness, acts of god.

时间,真是个奇怪的东西,它能使万物生老病死

Time, was a strange thing, it makes all sickness and death.

在伊丽莎白的世界里容不得生老病死,只有令人陶醉的午餐!

There was no room for sickness in Elizabeth's world. Only jolly lunches!

我不知道是不是因为医生在医院里每天目睹了太多的生老病死,所以看到一个生命离去时可以依然面不改色。

I have no idea whether because the doctor has witnessed too many deaths in hospital, so when he sees a life leaving, he can feel so natural.