| 出师未捷身先死 |
chū shī wèi jié shēn xiān sǐ |
"he failed to complete his quest before death" (line from the poem "The Premier of Shu" 蜀相 by Du Fu 杜甫) |
| 出 |
chū |
to go out; to come out / to arise; to occur / to produce; to yield / to go beyond; to exceed / (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result) / classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc |
| 出 |
chū |
variant of 出 (classifier for plays or chapters of classical novels) |
| 出师 |
chū shī |
to finish apprenticeship / to graduate / to send out troops (under a commander) |
| 师 |
Shī |
surname Shi |
| 师 |
shī |
teacher / master / expert / model / army division / (old) troops / to dispatch troops |
| 未 |
wèi |
not yet / did not / have not / not / 8th earthly branch: 1-3 p.m., 6th solar month (7th July-6th August), year of the Sheep / ancient Chinese compass point: 210° |
| 捷 |
jié |
variant of 捷 / quick / nimble |
| 捷 |
Jié |
Czech / Czech Republic / abbr. for 捷克 |
| 捷 |
jié |
victory / triumph / quick / nimble / prompt |
| 身 |
shēn |
body / life / oneself / personally / one's morality and conduct / the main part of a structure or body / pregnant / classifier for sets of clothes: suit, twinset / Kangxi radical 158 |
| 先 |
xiān |
beforehand; first; earlier / at first; originally / for the time being; for now / (prefix) my late (in referring to deceased relatives older than oneself) |
| 死 |
sǐ |
to die / impassable / uncrossable / inflexible / rigid / extremely / damned |