sinh lão bệnh tử

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Vietnamese

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Etymology

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Sino-Vietnamese word from 生 (“born”), 老 (“old”), 病 (“ill”) and 死 (“dead”), Literary Chinese 生老病死 (shēnglǎobìngsǐ)

Noun

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sinh lão bệnh tử

  1. (collective, Buddhism) all the stages of a typical human life, suggesting the inevitability of old age, illness and death
    Ai mà chẳng phải trải qua sinh lão bệnh tử.
    Who doesn't go through all the stages of human life?
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