Chinese word dictionary

夭殇

yāo shāng · to die young

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Word information

Simplified夭殇

Traditional夭殤

Pinyinyāo shāng

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Character breakdown

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夭yāo

young, energetic; to die young

殇shāng

to die young; national mourning

How to learn 夭殇

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早夭zǎo yāo

to die young

夭折yāo zhé

to die young or prematurely; to come to a premature end; to be aborted prematurely

夭寿yāo shòu

to die young; (Tw) (curse word) drop dead; go to hell

夭亡yāo wáng

to die young

逃之夭夭táo zhī yāo yāo

to escape without trace (idiom); to make one's getaway (from the scene of a crime); to show a clean pair of heels

国殇guó shāng

(literary) person who dies for their country; martyr to the national cause