| 养生送死 |
yǎng shēng sòng sǐ |
to be looked after in life and given a proper burial thereafter (idiom) |
| 养 |
yǎng |
to raise (animals) / to bring up (children) / to keep (pets) / to support / to give birth |
| 养生 |
yǎng shēng |
to maintain good health / to raise a child or animal / curing (of concrete etc) |
| 生 |
shēng |
to be born / to give birth / life / to grow / raw / uncooked / student |
| 送 |
sòng |
to send; to deliver; to transmit / to give (as a present) / to see (sb) off / to accompany; to go along with |
| 送死 |
sòng sǐ |
to throw away one's life |
| 死 |
sǐ |
to die / impassable / uncrossable / inflexible / rigid / extremely / damned |