寿终正寝 in English shou4 zhong1 zheng4 qin3 Meaning

Meanings

  • to die of old age
  • to die in one's bed at a ripe old age
  • (metaphorically) (of a structure or machine and so on) to come to the end of its life

Simplified Characters

寿 终 正 寝

Traditional Characters

壽 終 正 寢

Pinyin

shou4 zhong1 zheng4 qin3

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

寿shou4surname Shou 终zhong1end 正zheng4first month of the lunar year 寝qin3old variant of 寢|寝[qin3]