| 一命呜呼 |
yī mìng wū hū |
to die (idiom) / to breathe one's last / to give up the ghost |
| 一 |
yī |
one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit |
| 命 |
mìng |
life / fate / order or command / to assign a name, title etc |
| 呜 |
wū |
(onom.) for humming or whimpering |
| 呜呼 |
wū hū |
alas / alack / welladay / wellaway / to die |
| 呼 |
hū |
to call / to cry / to shout / to breath out / to exhale |
| 呼 |
hū |
variant of 呼 / to shout / to call out |